Beer Journey

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Allagash White

Product - Allagash White
Brewed By: 
Allagash
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian Wheat Beer
Strength (ABV): 
5.0% ABV
Color (SRM): 
4º L
Bitterness (IBU): 
13 IBU

Our interpretation of a traditional Belgian wheat beer, Allagash White is unique and truly refreshing. Brewed with a generous portion of wheat and our own special blend of spices, this beer is light and slightly cloudy in appearance, with a spicy aroma.

Best With: 
Pair with a salad with vinaigrette dressing or a fresh goat cheese. Excellent accompaniment to poultry and fish entrées or a dessert such as a spicy apple pie.
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Anchor Old Foghorn

Product - Anchor Old Foghorn
Brewed By: 
Anchor
Self-Defined Style: 
Barleywine Style Ale
Strength (ABV): 
9.0% ABV

Old Foghorn is highly hopped, using only Cascade hops. It is fermented with a true top-fermenting ale yeast. Carbonation is produced by an entirely natural process called "bunging," which produces champagne-like bubbles. Our "barleywine ale" is dry-hopped with additional Cascade hops while it ages in our cellars.

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Avery Old Jubilation

Product - Avery Old Jubilation Ale
Brewed By: 
Avery
Self-Defined Style: 
English Strong Ale
Strength (ABV): 
8.0% ABV

Our winter strong ale has a gorgeous mahogany hue, a hint of hazelnuts, and a finish reminiscent of mocha and toffee. No spices, just a perfect blend of five specialty malts. Cellarable for 2 years.

Best With: 
Gamey meats, wild fowl, intense earthy pastas are great choices as well as stews and chilies. Strong and sharp cheeses would pair nicely.
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Ayinger Celebrator Doppelbock

Product - Ayinger Celebrator Doppelbock
Brewed By: 
Ayinger
Self-Defined Style: 
Doppelbock
Strength (ABV): 
7.2% ABV

Originally brewed at a monastery in northern Italy, "double bock" was quickly introduced by Bavarian brewers to compete with bock. Doppelbock names end with the suffix "-ator." Profoundly dark, rich elixir with a complex fruitiness of roasted malt and whole hop flowers. Semi-dry finish.

Best With: 
Pastries and desserts, roast goose, cured ham, smoked duck, wild turkey, filet with Dijon sauce, chanterelles, Tournedos Rossini, Châteaubriand. Enjoy with a fine cigar after dinner. Serve in stemmed tumbler at 50°.
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Bass Pale Ale

Product - Bass
Brewed By: 
Bass
Self-Defined Style: 
Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.0% ABV

Brewed with English malts, aromatic hops, and water rich in essential salts and minerals, Bass has a malty, lightly hoppy taste, that combined with its slight burnt roast aroma, creates a full-bodied flavor of the highest quality.

Best With: 
This English Pale Ale pairs nicely with clear broth based soups, salted almonds, game birds and all sorts of seafood. This brew also offers a nice balance to spicier Indian and Cajun foods.
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Belhaven Scottish Ale

Product - Belhaven Scottish Ale
Brewed By: 
Belhaven
Self-Defined Style: 
Scottish Ale
Strength (ABV): 
3.9% ABV

It's said in jest that the Scots like a drink. Put aside those clumsy "comedy" stereotypes for a second, and you'll find that our love of good beer is a more considered affair. Belhaven Scottish Ale is a fine example of this appreciation. This classic 3.9% strength Scottish ale is a real old timer, having been brewed at Belhaven longer that any other beer. Its sweet ruby mix of malt and hops pampers and primes the palate, preparing you for a smooth creamy finish. It's a carefully crafted ale to make our nation swell with pride.

Best With: 
Game birds, lamb and roast pork are ideal food pairings for this Scottish Ale.
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Bell's Oberon Ale

Product - Bell's Oberon Ale
Brewed By: 
Bell's Brewery, Inc.
Self-Defined Style: 
American Wheat Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.8% ABV

An American wheat ale brewed with Saaz hops. Spicy and fruity, Oberon is the color and scent of a sunny afternoon.

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Bell's Third Coast Old Ale

Product - Bell's Third Coast Old Ale
Brewed By: 
Bell's Brewery, Inc.
Self-Defined Style: 
Barleywine
Strength (ABV): 
10.2% ABV

A barley wine with deep amber color. The brandy of ales, this beer has vintage character and will mature in the bottle at cellar temperature for years.

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With an invigorating warming quality and a robust alcoholic content, barley wines are the ultimate night cap beers. The round, viscous body of barley wine and its fruity complexity enable it to pair well with fresh vanilla ice cream. Some experts also recommend pairing a rich barley wine with a strong Cuban cigar.
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Boddingtons Pub Ale

Product - Boddingtons
Brewed By: 
Boddingtons
Self-Defined Style: 
Pub Ale
Strength (ABV): 
4.7% ABV

Boddingtons is a refreshing, smooth & sessionable beer. It is renowned for its golden color, full-bodied flavor and malty, morish taste with smooth, tight creamy head. Brewed in Manchester since 1778.

Best With: 
Good choice for roast beef, Thai and Mexican dishes.
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BrewDog Paradox

Product - BrewDog Paradox
Brewed By: 
BrewDog
Self-Defined Style: 
whiskey cask aged imperial stout
Strength (ABV): 
10.0% ABV

We set about to unite two of Scotland proudest heritages and produce a product which combined all that was good about Scotland’s whisky producing history and our contemporary take on a traditional Scottish style of stout. The fact that we have developed this product in conjunction with Duncan Taylor Ltd of Huntly means we mature our beer in the casks that once housed some of the most prestigious whiskies available today. The distinct flavours of these whiskies is beautifully infused into the beer giving a unique and unrivalled experience for both beer and whisky lovers.

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Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout

Product - Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout
Brewed By: 
Brooklyn
Self-Defined Style: 
Imperial Stout
Strength (ABV): 
10.1% ABV

This is the famous Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout, our award-winning rendition of the Imperial Stout style, once made exclusively for Catherine the Great. We use three mashes to brew each batch of this beer, achieving a luscious deep dark chocolate flavor through a blend of specialty roasted malts. We brew it every year for the winter season. It is delicious when newly bottled, but also ages beautifully for years.

Best With: 
Served in a snifter, Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout is excellent with chocolate desserts, cheesecake, fruit tarts, and ice cream. It is also a very good accompaniment to strong cheeses, especially Stilton.
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Brooklyn Monster Ale

Product - Brooklyn Monster Ale
Brewed By: 
Brooklyn
Self-Defined Style: 
Barley Wine
Strength (ABV): 
10.8% ABV

Brooklyn Monster Ale is a classic barley wine, a style of ale originally brewed by the butlers to the English and American aristocracy. It is brewed from three mashes of heirloom British malt and spiced with American Willamette, Cascade, and Fuggle hops. After four months of aging, it has a magnificent burnished copper color, an aroma redolent of sherry, citrusy hops and fruit, a soft, warming, complex palate, a spirituous finish, and a strength of 10.8%. It is vivacious when young, but will age gracefully for many years, becoming more complex over time.

Best With: 
Brooklyn Monster Ale is a fine accompaniment to cheeses, ice cream, flourless cakes, crème brûlée, and good cigars.
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The Bruery 2 Turtle Doves

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Brewed By: 
The Bruery
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian-style Dark Ale brewed with Cocoa Nibs & Toasted Pecans
Strength (ABV): 
12.0% ABV
Color (SRM): 
36º L

The second verse of our "Twelve Beers of Christmas" saga begins with caramel and toasty, nutty malt with a luscious layer of chocolate. Happy Holidays!

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Chimay Blue (Grande Réserve)

Product - Chimay Blue
Brewed By: 
Chimay
Self-Defined Style: 
Grande Réserve
Strength (ABV): 
9.0% ABV

Named Grande Réserve in 75 cl (25.4 fl.oz.) bottles, it is principally distinguished by its character of a strong beer. This is a beer whose fragrance of fresh yeast with a light, flowery rosy touch is especially pleasant. Its flavor, noticed when tasting it, only accentuates the pleasant sensations perceived in the aroma, while revealing a light but pleasant touch of roasted malt. This top fermented Trappist beer, refermented in the bottle, is not pasteurized.

Best With: 
Chimay Grande Réserve works wonders with creamy cheeses, chocolate desserts, or as a digestif.
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Dogfish Head Midas Touch

Product - Dogfish Head Midas Touch
Brewed By: 
Dogfish Head
Self-Defined Style: 
Ancient Ale
Strength (ABV): 
9.0% ABV

This recipe is the actual oldest-known fermented beverage in the world! Our recipe showcases the known ingredients of barley, white Muscat grapes, honey & saffron found in the drinking vessels in King Midas' tomb! Somewhere between a beer, wine and mead, this smooth, dry ale will please with Chardonnay or I.P.A. drinker alike.

Best With: 
Curries, baked fish, and chicken. Cheese - Brie
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Dogfish Head Olde School Barleywine

Product - Dogfish Head Olde School
Brewed By: 
Dogfish Head
Self-Defined Style: 
Barley Wine
Strength (ABV): 
15.0% ABV

Bold, yet smooth! Fermented with dates and figs, this bone-crusher has a completely unique flavor.

Best With: 
Primarily thought of as a digestif, it turns out that barley wines have an affinity to lamb, venison and wild boar. Classic cheeses such as English and Vermont cheddars as well as aged Gruyeres from Switzerland. Caramelized desserts as crème brûlée and crepes as well as a good vanilla ice cream can finish a wonderful evening of food and beer.
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Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron

Product - Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron
Brewed By: 
Dogfish Head
Self-Defined Style: 
Brown Ale aged in Palo Santo Wood
Strength (ABV): 
12.0% ABV

An unfiltered, unfettered, unprecedented brown ale aged in handmade wooden brewing vessels. The caramel and vanilla complexity unique to this beer comes from the exotic Paraguayan Palo Santo wood from which these tanks were crafted. Palo Santo means "holy tree" and it's wood has been used in South American wine-making communities.

Best With: 
Outstanding with rich, creamy desserts such as creme brulee, or on its own as a digestif.
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Dogfish Head Pangaea

Substyle - Herb And Spice Beer
Brewed By: 
Dogfish Head
Self-Defined Style: 
Ginger Beer
Strength (ABV): 
7.0% ABV
Best With: 
This unique spiced beer makes an excellent digestif.
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Dogfish Head Punkin

Product - Dogfish Head Punkin
Brewed By: 
Dogfish Head
Self-Defined Style: 
Pumpkin Ale
Strength (ABV): 
7.0% ABV

A full-bodied brown ale with smooth hints of pumpkin and brown sugar. Perfect to warm-up with, as the season cools.

Best With: 
Turkey, roasted duck, lamb, stuffing, dessert dumplings.
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Dogfish Head Raison D'Etre

Product - Dogfish Head Raison Detre
Brewed By: 
Dogfish Head
Self-Defined Style: 
Mahogany Ale
Strength (ABV): 
8.0% ABV

A deep, mahogany ale brewed with beet sugar, green raisins, and Belgian-style yeast. As complex as a fine, red wine. Voted "American Beer of the Year" in January 2000 by Malt Advocate Magazine.

Best With: 
Steak, duck, game, wine-reduction sauces, Blue cheese, ham, mussels.
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Duvel Golden Ale

Product - Duvel Duvel
Brewed By: 
Duvel
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgain Strong Golden Ale
Strength (ABV): 
8.5% ABV
Color (SRM): 
4º L

Duvel is unique. No other beer is made like it, or tastes like it. Blonde and refreshing like a Pilsner, but with the flavor, depth and complexity of an ale, Duvel defines the Strong Golden Ale category. The beer's golden hues originate with its Pilsner malts, while Bohemian hops and a unique yeast strain add character, intensity, and a certain verve. It's this beguiling nature that has made Duvel a Belgian favorite.

Best With: 
Pairs well with seafood, particularly steamed mussels, and works well as a stand alone beer. Excellent as an aperitif.
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Flying Dog Gonzo Imperial Porter

Product - Flying Dog Gonzo Imperial Porter
Brewed By: 
Flying Dog
Self-Defined Style: 
Imperial Porter
Strength (ABV): 
9.5% ABV

This turbo charged version of the Road Dog porter is mysteriously dark with a rich malty body, intense roasted flavors, and a surprisingly unique hop kick.

Best With: 
Excellent with molten chocolate cake.
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Founders Backwoods Bastard

Product - Founders Backwoods Bastard
Brewed By: 
Founders
Self-Defined Style: 
Scotch Ale
Strength (ABV): 
10.2% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
50 IBU

Big and delicious for your ‘perty mouth. Expect lovely, warm smells of single malt scotch, oaky bourbon barrels, smoke, sweet caramel and roasted malts, a bit of earthy spice and a scintilla of dark cherries. It’s a kick-back sipper made to excite the pallet

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Founders Breakfast Stout

Product - Founders Breakfast Stout
Brewed By: 
Founders
Self-Defined Style: 
Breakfast Stout
Strength (ABV): 
8.3% ABV

You've got to love coffee to truly appreciate this phenomenal brew. Brewed with an abundance of flaked oats, bitter and sweetened imported chocolates, Sumatra and Kona coffee. Breakfast Stout has an intense fresh roasted coffee nose toped with a cinnamon colored frothy head that seems to never fade and makes you wish breakfast could last forever.

Best With: 
This sweet stout yearns for a pairing with chocolate confections, cheesecake and tiramisu.
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Founders Dirty Bastard

Product - Founders Dirty Bastard
Brewed By: 
Founders
Self-Defined Style: 
Scotch Style Ale
Strength (ABV): 
8.5% ABV

Founders flagship beer. Dirty Bastard is an absolute beautiful beer to behold. Dark ruby in color and brewed with ten varieties of imported malts this beer continuously lives up to its reputation as a bold and powerful ale. Dirty Bastard is complex in the finish with hints of smoke and peat paired with a malty richness, finalized with a good bit of hop attitude. This beer "ain't fer the wee lads."

Best With: 
This chewy Scotch ale pairs beautifully with smoked or grilled meats, particularly gamey meats such as rabbit or venison.
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Founders Imperial Stout

Product - Founders Imperial Stout
Brewed By: 
Founders
Self-Defined Style: 
Imperial Stout
Strength (ABV): 
10.0% ABV

A fine companion to end a meal or relax in front of the hearth with, this robust ale will cellar well for years. Brewed with ten varieties of malted barley this stout is extremely smooth, complex and rich in body. We recommend serving at cellar temperature. Sit back and enjoy its richness and complexity, your about to drink the ultimate winter warmer.

Best With: 
Hot molten chocolate mud cake is the ideal pairing for this beer, however it works beautifully on its own as a digestif.
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Founders Old Curmudgeon Ale

Product - Founders Old Curmudgeon Ale
Brewed By: 
Founders
Self-Defined Style: 
Barley Wine
Strength (ABV): 
9.3% ABV

This Old Ale conjures up thoughts of classic sea fairing ports, there local pubs and the weathered fisherman that frequent them. In traditional style Curmudgeon is brewed with an intense focus on the malt bill creating a very strong, rich, malty characteristic and a sweetness indicative of its cousin the barley wine. We are especially proud of the balance in this beer making it deceptively smooth and drinkable at 9.3% alcohol by volume.

Best With: 
Primarily thought of as a digestif, it turns out that barley wines have an affinity to lamb, venison and wild boar. Classic cheeses such as English and Vermont cheddars as well as aged Gruyeres from Switzerland. Caramelized desserts as crème brûlée and crepes as well as a good vanilla ice cream can finish a wonderful evening of food and beer.
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Founders Porter

Product - Founders Porter
Brewed By: 
Founders
Self-Defined Style: 
Robust Porter
Strength (ABV): 
6.5% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
45 IBU

Pours silky black with a creamy tan head. The nose is sweet with strong chocolate and caramel malt presence. No absence of hops gives Founders robust porter the full flavor you deserve and expect. Cozy like velvet. It’s a lover, not a fighter.

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Founders Rubaeus

Product - Founders Rubaeus
Brewed By: 
Founders
Self-Defined Style: 
Raspberry Ale
Strength (ABV): 
7.0% ABV

As promised Founders Brewing Company has created something unlike the rest. Amongst this summers over crowded race to cloudy wheat beers, we have decided to embark down a path all our own. Using only fresh raspberries, rubaeus translates into intense flavors combined with a no hesitation malt bill. In fermentation we add fresh raspberries at five separate stages to achieve the ultimate balance between tartness and sweetness.

Best With: 
The pleasant combination of sweetness and tartness from the fruit in this beer enable it to pair with a wide range of desserts such as raspberry crumble, cherry pie, or apple tart.
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Goose Island 312 Urban Wheat

Product - Goose Island 312 Urban
Brewed By: 
Goose Island
Self-Defined Style: 
Unfiltered American Wheat Beer
Strength (ABV): 
4.2% ABV

Like the digits suggest, it's a beer that's densely populated with flavor and loaded with character. We don't filter it, so none of its life and soul is stripped away. The first thing you notice is the hazy, cloudy appearance. That's how you know it's unfiltered. What hits you next is the spicy aroma of Cascade hops, followed by the crispy, fruity ale flavor delivered in a smooth, creamy body, the result of blending barley malt with torrified wheat. It's not like any other Goose Island Beer, but no less than you'd expect.

Best With: 
This wheat beer pairs great with lighter fare, particularly salads with a citrus dressing. For a change of pace, try this wheat beer with a wedge of lemon or orange.
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Goose Island Bourbon County Stout

Product - Goose Island Bourbon County Stout
Brewed By: 
Goose Island
Self-Defined Style: 
Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout
Strength (ABV): 
13.0% ABV

"I really wanted to do something special for our 1000th batch at the original brewpub. Goose Island could have thrown a party. But we did something better. We brewed a beer. A really big batch of stout-so big, the malt was coming out of the top of the mash tun. After fermentation, we brought in some bourbon barrels that aged the stout. One hundred days later, Bourbon County Stout was born. A liquid as dark and dense as a black hole with thick foam the color of a bourbon barrel. The nose is an intense mix of charred oak, chocolate, vanilla, caramel and smoke.

Best With: 
This beer is best paired with a rich chocolate based desert, with a top quality cigar, or on its own as a digestif.
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Goose Island Demolition

Product - Goose Island Demolition
Brewed By: 
Goose Island
Self-Defined Style: 
Strong Golden Ale
Strength (ABV): 
8.0% ABV

"Back in the early '90's, our landlord went bankrupt and they tore down the mall surrounding the original Goose Island Brewpub. Sure, we were still open, but who would know it with all the demolition going on. We had giant wrecking balls careening around, the walls were shaking... it was tough. We lost a good part of our business for a year, and if not for the most loyal of our customers, Goose Island would have closed. To honor those brave souls, we brewed a golden ale called Demolition.

Best With: 
Enjoy as an aperitif. Great with pesto pasta dishes, sausages, cheese, Indian food, Thai food, delicate fish plates and shrimp. Excellent with shellfish and is sometimes used as a sauce base for gourmet steamed mussels. This beer is also perfect beer with a plate of fresh oysters.
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Goose Island Harvest Ale

Product - Goose Island Harvest Ale
Brewed By: 
Goose Island
Self-Defined Style: 
American Extra Special Bitter
Strength (ABV): 
5.7% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
35 IBU

Brewed in honor of the Harvest season this copper colored ESB is made with Cascade hops and the richest Midwestern malts. A fruity American hop aroma and a toasty malt character make Goose Island Harvest Ale an extra special beer worthy of your devotion.

Best With: 
Food Pairings: Chicken, Pork, Turkey, Sausages Cheese Pairings: Cheddar, Aged Gouda
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Goose Island Honkers Ale

Product - Goose Island Honkers
Brewed By: 
Goose Island
Self-Defined Style: 
ESB
Strength (ABV): 
4.3% ABV

Inspired by visits to English country pubs, Honker's Ale combines a spicy hop aroma with a rich malt middle to create a perfectly balanced ale that is immensely drinkable. A smooth, drinkable English Bitter for those looking for more from their beer.

Best With: 
Honkers is excellent with bruschetta, burgers and fries, or steak burritos with cilantro.
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Goose Island India Pale Ale

Product - Goose Island Ipa
Brewed By: 
Goose Island
Self-Defined Style: 
India Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.9% ABV

Our IPA recalls a time when ales shipped from England to India were highly hopped to preserve their distinct taste during the long journey. The result, quite simply a hop lover's dream. And this classic ale adds a fruity aroma, set off by a dry malt middle, to ensure that the long hop finish is one you'll remember.

Best With: 
The spicy IPA pairs well with Cajun dishes, Indian cuisine, and even carrot cake.
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Goose Island Kilgubbin Red Ale

Product - Goose Island Red
Brewed By: 
Goose Island
Self-Defined Style: 
Irish Red Ale
Strength (ABV): 
4.5% ABV

This ale pays homage to the Irish who settled on Kilgubbin Island, in Chicago over one-hundred years ago. Made in the Irish tradition, Kilgubbin is brewed with roast barley and chocolate malts giving it a rich ruby color. A touch of malted rye gives it a spicy finish.

Best With: 
Kilgubbin Red Ale is a nice compliment to milder pub fare such as cheeseburgers, and works well with dark broth based soups including French Onion.
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Goose Island Matilda

Product - Goose Island Matilda
Brewed By: 
Goose Island
Self-Defined Style: 
Abbey Singel
Strength (ABV): 
7.0% ABV

While traveling in Belgium, we visited an abbey that was surrounded by great legends and folklore. We were lucky enough to hear their story and enjoy the great beer they brew. We wanted to share what we'd heard and tasted, so we created Matilda. Matilda is made with a rare yeast that suggests a fruity and spicy flavor. There is complex maltiness balanced with a profuse amount of hops making it a great beer to enjoy with a plate of fresh mussels.

Best With: 
This beer is exceptional with a plate of steamed mussels.
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Goose Island Nut Brown Ale

Product - Goose Island Nut Brown
Brewed By: 
Goose Island
Self-Defined Style: 
Nut Brown Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.2% ABV

Brewed in the English tradition, Nut Brown Ale combines the finest domestic and imported malts to produce a chestnut-hued ale of unusual complexity. Subtle notes of chocolate, honey and fine tobacco give this world champion ale an enjoyable and satisfying "nutty" finish.

Best With: 
Goose Island's Nut Brown is an ideal beer to compliment BBQ ribs, Dungeness crab, and cheesecake
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Goose Island Oatmeal Stout

Product - Goose Island Oatmeal
Brewed By: 
Goose Island
Self-Defined Style: 
Oatmeal Stout
Strength (ABV): 
5.0% ABV

An aromatic blend of oats, chocolate and roast malts enhances our classic Oatmeal Stout. Encompassing award-winning flavor, a rich black over ruby hue and a creamy tan head, this stout is memorable and enduring. All in all, a truly drinkable brew.

Best With: 
Oatmeal Stout is great with cold boiled shrimp, oysters, and cream of broccoli soup.
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Goose Island Pere Jacques

Product - Goose Island Pere Jacques
Brewed By: 
Goose Island
Self-Defined Style: 
Abbey Strong Ale
Strength (ABV): 
9.0% ABV

"We were doing these great brewery tours of Belgium. We toured the best breweries, even the Trappist breweries, but we couldn't get into one of them. We were so determined that we kept calling until someone said yes. He was the Abbot and his name was Pere Jacques. He personally gave us a tour of one of the most beautiful breweries I've ever visited, and we finished it all off with a wonderful lunch of roast duck and wild boar, perfectly matched with the brewery's own ales. I'll never forget that day and that beer.

Best With: 
This beautiful Belgian ale is perfect with mild semi soft cheese, fresh pears, steamed mussels, smoked salmon and trout, calamari.
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Goose Island Sofie

Product - Goose Island Sofie
Brewed By: 
Goose Island
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian Style Farmhouse Ale
Strength (ABV): 
6.5% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
15 IBU

Fermented with wild yeasts and aged in wine barrels with orange peel, Sofie is a tart, dry, sparkling ale. A subtle, spicy white pepper note, a hint of citrus from the orange peel and a creamy vanilla finish make Sofie an intriguing choice for Champagne drinkers and beer drinkers who are fond of Belgian Saisons.

Best With: 
Sofie pairs with a wide variety of foods, its light and refreshing qualities compliment lighter flavors like fresh oysters and contrast rich shellfish like lobster.
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Goose Island Summertime

Product - Goose Island Summertime
Brewed By: 
Goose Island
Self-Defined Style: 
Kölsch style Golden Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.0% ABV
Best With: 
This Kölsch style beer is excellent with chicken or beef kabobs, grilled vegetables, and grilled lobster.
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Great Divide Oak Aged Yeti

Product - Great Divide Oak Yeti
Brewed By: 
Great Divide
Self-Defined Style: 
Oak Aged Imperial Stout
Strength (ABV): 
9.5% ABV

Crack open Yeti Imperial Stout's sophisticated sibling - Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout. Although these beers come from the same clan, they have entirely different personalities. Aging on a blend of French and toasted oak chips infuses a subtle oak and vanilla character into Yeti's already intense chocolate, roasted coffee malt flavor and hugely assertive hop profile. Who says you can't tame a Yeti?

Best With: 
We serve Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout with Blue de Auvergne, a sticky but crumbly French cow's milk blue cheese from The Truffle, New York Strip, or all natural vanilla ice cream.
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Grimbergen Blonde

Product - Grimbergen Blonde
Brewed By: 
Grimbergen
Self-Defined Style: 
Abbey Blonde Ale
Strength (ABV): 
6.7% ABV

Grimbergen Blonde is an ochre colored top fermented Abbey Beer with an abv of 6.7%. The use of Gatinais barley combined with carefully selected hops creates a perfectly balanced, relatively light tasting beer with a fruity malty taste.

Best With: 
The characteristic bready, fruity complexity of this beer combined with its mellow, rounded finish make it an exceptional pairing for steamed, marinated mussels, grilled lobster tail, and gamier meats such as venison or wild boar.
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Guinness Draught

Product - Guinness Draught
Brewed By: 
Guinness
Self-Defined Style: 
Draught Stout
Strength (ABV): 
4.1% ABV

Ruby and Cream. Black and White. Two distinct parts, one perfect pint. Adored since 1959, it's the powerful surge and settle that gives GUINNESS© Draught beer its uniqueness. Lovingly poured around the world, GUINNESS® Draught is one of best-selling imported beers in the USA.

Best With: 
The original Black and Tan can be made with a serving of Guinness Draught on top of a serving of Bass. A Half and Half combines Guinness Draught and Harp Irish Lager.
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Guinness Extra Stout

Product - Guinness Extra
Brewed By: 
Guinness
Self-Defined Style: 
Extra Stout
Strength (ABV): 
5.0% ABV

Distinctive. Matured. Toasted. Bitter. GUINNESS® Strong tasting with a distinctive roasted bitterness, GUINNESS® Extra Stout is our authentic carbonated classic. It'll transport you back to an 18th Century world of stouts when the ancestor of this beer was known as GUINNESS® East and West India porter. In 1821, the definitive early GUINNESS® became known as Extra Superior Porter.

Best With: 
GUINNESS® Extra Stout is beer to enhance the flavor of meat in a casserole and GUINNESS® to concoct your own cocktails. So handle with care.
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Hacker-Pschorr Weisse

Product - Hacker-Pschorr Weisse
Brewed By: 
Hacker-Pschorr
Self-Defined Style: 
Hefeweizen
Strength (ABV): 
5.5% ABV

Hacker-Pschorr Weisse is the company’s flagship style, catering to young adults in the U.S. who seek out authentic experiences and distinctive tastes.

Hacker-Pschorr Weisse is a centuries-old German wheat beer from Bavaria that offers a refreshing taste that is apres anything. Wheat beer was originated in the German state of Bavaria in the 15th century. In Germany, it is typically called Weisse beer meaning white or Weizen meaning wheat.

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Harp Lager

Product - Harp
Brewed By: 
Harp
Self-Defined Style: 
Irish Lager
Strength (ABV): 
4.3% ABV
Color (SRM): 
3º L

Harp is brewed using golden barley and the choicest hops to give a smooth satisfying lager taste. In blind taste testing research in Ireland, Harp receives most favored status time after time.

Best With: 
This all malt lager pairs beautifully with fish and chips.
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Historic Ales of Scotland Gift Pack

Product - Historic Ales of Scotland Gift Pack
Brewed By: 
Heather Ale
Self-Defined Style: 
Gift Pack

4 Pack Includes:
1 Fraoch and 3 of either;
Alba
Kelpie
Ebulum or
Grozet

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Hitachino Nest Espresso Stout

Product - Hitachino Espresso Stout
Brewed By: 
Hitachino
Self-Defined Style: 
Espresso Stout
Strength (ABV): 
7.5% ABV
Color (SRM): 
44º L
Bitterness (IBU): 
45 IBU

Pitch black color, big brown head. Aromas of chocolate, roasted bitterness, black currants, dark fruits. Caramel, roasted, black and chocolate malts provide an explosion of coffee like flavors. The strong espresso character comes from the addition of espresso beans to the boil. Notes of vanilla, dark fruit , cocao and chocolate. The very unusual character of Hitachino Nest Espresso Stout stems from the fact that Kiuchi Brewery is using the recipe of a Russian Imperial Stout as base.

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Hitachino Nest Red Rice Ale

Product - Hitachino Red Rice
Brewed By: 
Hitachino
Self-Defined Style: 
Red Rice Ale
Strength (ABV): 
8.0% ABV

The brewing process starts with the polishing, washing, soaking and steaming of rice [25% of total grain bill] to break down complex type b-starch molecules into short type a ones. Only type A starch molecules can be converted into sugar by the use of sake yeast. Afterwards, pilsner malt is added to the mashing process. After lautering Hallertauer hops is added in the brew kettle. Further complicating matters, two different yeasts, ie ale and sake yeast, must be used as regular beer yeast is not able to convert the rice sugars into alcohol.

Best With: 
Try with salmon steaks, grilled sardines, Thai food, gamy sausages, steaks and barbecue.
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Hitachino Nest White Ale

Product - Hitachino White
Brewed By: 
Hitachino
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian White Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.0% ABV

Light golden in color, Hitachino Nest White Ale is a refreshing mildly hopped Belgian styled beer with a complex flavor of coriander, orange peel, and nutmeg.

Best With: 
A wonderful choice with grilled/sizzling chicken, sushi rolls, nuts, salads and fruit.
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Hoegaarden White

Product - Hoegaarden
Brewed By: 
Hoegaarden
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian White Beer
Strength (ABV): 
5.0% ABV

Hoegaarden is the authentic Belgian wheat or white beer. It has a unique and extremely complex brewing process whereby the brand is first top fermented and then is refermented within the bottle - ending up in a unique cloudy-white appearance. The brand's unique appearance is mirrored by its one-of-a-kind taste - sweet and sour beer with a little bitterness, slightly spicy, with a strong touch of coriander and a hint of orange, perfect for warm summer days, instead of other refreshing beverages. Refreshing, a little quirky, and decidedly different - naturally.

Best With: 
This Belgian-style wheat beer works well on its own as an aperitif, but also pairs well with lighter fare such as salads with a citrus dressing. It can work surprisingly well with omelets made with apples and goat cheese. Some people enjoy this beer with a slice of orange as a garnish.
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Magic Hat #9

Product - Magic Hat #9
Brewed By: 
Magic Hat
Self-Defined Style: 
Not Quite Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.1% ABV
Color (SRM): 
9º L
Bitterness (IBU): 
20 IBU

A beer cloaked in secrecy. An ale whose mysterious and unusual palate will swirl across your tongue and ask more questions than it answers. A sort of dry, crisp, refreshing, not-quite pale ale. #9 is really impossible to describe because there's never been anything else quite like it.

Best With: 
Best enjoyed with spicy foods and to bring out the spice in life.
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Magic Hat Circus Boy

Product - Magic Hat Circus Boy
Brewed By: 
Magic Hat
Self-Defined Style: 
Unfiltered and Unfettered
Strength (ABV): 
5.4% ABV

Our hazy shade of Hefeweizen is light bodied American style elixir of ultimate drinkability whose wheat malt character is capable of quenching serious thirsts of all kinds.

Best With: 
Great with lighter foods, like sushi and salads. Or while watching life swing by with the greatest of ease on a flying trapeze.
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Magic Hat Hocus Pocus

Product - Magic Hat Hocus Pocus
Brewed By: 
Magic Hat
Self-Defined Style: 
American Pale Wheat Ale
Strength (ABV): 
4.5% ABV

A light, crisp ale for mowing lawns, hitting lazy fly balls, and communing with nature. It's malty sweetness finishes tart and crisp and is best appreciated with a wedge of orange and offered as a sacrifice to cloudless days.

Best With: 
Hocus Pocus goes best with the laid back attitude of summer, perfect for taking it all in while inhaling the scent of freshly mown lawn, or while eating very light foods, or a big bratwurst right off the grill.
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Magic Hat Lucky Kat

Product - Magic Hat Lucky Kat
Brewed By: 
Magic Hat
Self-Defined Style: 
Irresistible Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.8% ABV

Beer Kitty, Kitty...Lucky Kat purrs as he pours with a grin on his mangy face and a grin in his searching eye. He sits on the fence he calls home, dividing up from down. Is he an imperial beast or a pale soul from the east? Only he knows and we know only this: if you reach out to pet him he'll bite back with a big, hoppy kiss. Dry-hopped with Amarillo and Crystal.

Best With: 
Exceptional with moderately spicy cuisine, including Thai, Mexican, and curry-spiced Indian food.
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Magic Hat Wacko

Product - Magic Hat Wacko
Brewed By: 
Magic Hat
Self-Defined Style: 
Beet-red Summer Beer
Strength (ABV): 
4.5% ABV

The song of summer.

Crisp like the morning, cool like the evening and quenching all day long. It's the beer that dances to the beat of summer. Pop the top and set your summer loose. Wacko is the song of summer.

A delicious, beet-red summer beer with a big malty aroma, a subdued hop bite and a clean, slightly sweet finish.

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Moylan's Kilt Lifter

Product - Moylan's Kilt Lifter
Brewed By: 
Moylan's
Self-Defined Style: 
Scotch Style Ale
Strength (ABV): 
8.0% ABV

Robust and Strapping , Our Scotch Ale takes BIG Beers
to a whole new level. Rich malt balances perfectly with delicate hops to provide a concentrated and intense flavor; an ideal companion for hearty foods, or as a meal unto itsself. Allow this ale to warm slightly in your glass to enhance its truly bold character .Sharing is encouraged, as this is one beer that lives up to its name! Hey! No peeking! Slainté!

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New Belgium 1554

Product - New Belgium 1554
Brewed By: 
New Belgium
Self-Defined Style: 
Enlightened Black Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.5% ABV

Born of a flood and centuries-old Belgian text, 1554 Enlightened Black Ale uses a light lager yeast strain and dark chocolaty malts to redefine what dark beer can be. In 1997, a Fort Collins flood destroyed the original recipe our researcher, Phil Benstein, found in the library. So Phil and brewmaster, Peter Bouckaert, traveled to Belgium to retrieve this unique style lost to the ages.

Best With: 
Chef Todd Davies, Partner of Tap House Grill, recommends braised Dietzler Farms Organic Shortribs, turnip greens, cranberry beans, and chestnut puree. Rich malts, chocolate, play perfectly with the braised red meat(any for that matter)Lots of thyme, tomato and garlic(in the braise with the 1554) are integral to deepening the flavors of the malts. Peppery bitterness from the greens, offset some of the sweetness of the malts. Cranberry beans(named for color only) are rich and creamy and complement the chestnut puree with their earthiness and rich...enhancing more of the malt flavor....this dish really pulls out the beer.
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New Glarus Crack'd Wheat

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Brewed By: 
New Glarus
Self-Defined Style: 
Wheat Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.9% ABV

This is Dan's bold creation. You hold the international marriage of a sophisticated Bavarian Hefeweiss and an assertive American Pale Ale. Amarillo dry hopping drives Wisconsin Red Wheat. Traditional open top fermentation cultivates our proprietary Bavarian Weiss yeast in our own Wheat Beer Cellars. Absolutely 100% natural bottle conditioned. This is a living beer.

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New Glarus Fat Squirrel

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Brewed By: 
New Glarus
Self-Defined Style: 
Nut Brown Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.8% ABV

100% Wisconsin malt of six different varieties impart the natural toasted color to this bottle conditioned unfiltered ale. Clean hazelnut notes result from these carefully chosen barley malts.

Best With: 
The subtle malty sweetness of this brown ale bring out the flavors of barbecue (particularly with tomato and honey based sauces) phenomenally well. Also excellent with grilled meats, such as ribs or sausage.
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New Glarus Organic Revolution

Product - New Glarus Organic Revolution
Brewed By: 
New Glarus
Self-Defined Style: 
Organic Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
6.2% ABV

Since 1516 Brewers have led the purity revolution. They mandated only four natural ingredients be used to brew beer. This Reinheitsgebot law was the first ever food purity regulation and New Glarus Brewmaster Dan Carey has consistently respected out palates by employing yeast, hops, barley and water to explore a wide spectrum of flavor. Today Dan pushed the purity envelope by using Organic Hallertau Hops from Germany with Wisconsin organically malted barley to create complex and assertively hoppy golden ale. This beer is even naturally carbonated.

Best With: 
Outstanding with mild sausage, grilled foods, and pub fare.
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New Glarus Raspberry Tart

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Brewed By: 
New Glarus
Self-Defined Style: 
Wisconsin Framboise Ale
Strength (ABV): 
4.0% ABV

Wisconsin framboise made with raspberries, wheat and year old Hallertau hops. This ale is fermented in large oak vats. The raspberry bouquet will greet you long before your lips touch your glass.

Best With: 
The quintessential dessert beer. Perfect with chocolate mud cake, cheesecake, or creamy desserts like mousse or crème brûlée.
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New Glarus Spotted Cow

Product - New Glarus Spotted Cow
Brewed By: 
New Glarus
Self-Defined Style: 
Farmhouse Ale
Strength (ABV): 
4.8% ABV

A farmhouse ale made with flaked barley and Wisconsin malt. This beer has a nice fruity body and is very satisfying. Naturally cloudy ...

Best With: 
This Naturally Cloudy Farmhouse Ale pairs well with: BBQ, Grilled Steak, Jambalaya, Brats, Steak, Fish, Seafood, Linguini, Limburger Sandwich, Burgers, Fries, Stir Fry, Bacon and Eggs, Cheese Curds, Potato Chips, Chicken Sandwich, Tilapia Filets, Spicy Foods, Pork Rinds, Reuben, Wings, Fish Fry, Nachos Cheeses: 5-Year Cheddar (Hook's Cheese, Avondale Truckle (Fayette Creamery), Silver Lewis Brick, Smoked Gouda, Havarti
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New Glarus Stone Soup

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Brewed By: 
New Glarus
Self-Defined Style: 
Abbey Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.3% ABV

Who is qualified to judge one's contribution? Is it the pure Wisconsin barley malt or shall credit be given to traditional German and English hops? Maybe it is the Belgian Monastic yeast or the Brewer's tender care? Combined, this is a sophisticated Abbey style ale. Both elegant and drinkable this ale is cleanly aromatic with spicy notes of clove and ginger. Crisp and fragrant up front while gracefully sliding into warm malt notes at the finish.

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New Glarus Totally Naked

Product - New Glarus Totally Naked
Brewed By: 
New Glarus
Self-Defined Style: 
Lager
Strength (ABV): 
4.2% ABV

Pure and crisp this is a beer with nothing to hide. Wisconsin two-row barley malt ensures a mellow and smooth body. We imported Noble Hop varieties from Germany and the Czech Republic to ensure a fine mature aroma with no coarse bitterness.

Expect this beer to pour a delicate golden hue that sparkles in the summer sun. This lager is brewed using all natural ingredients with no artificial additives of any kind. Kick back, relax and enjoy the simple unadorned flavor. This is beer at its most basic.

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New Glarus Uff-da Bock

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Brewed By: 
New Glarus
Self-Defined Style: 
Bock
Strength (ABV): 
6.8% ABV

You can expect this bier to be complex and smooth with deep chocolate and coffee undertones, complementing the rich bouquet. No matter, if you chose to enjoy our Bock before, during, or after dinner. Remember to serve at about 48·F. Because like many good things in life ... the warmer the Bock is, the sweeter it gets.

Best With: 
This hearty bock beer pairs well with roast pork tenderloin, fried chicken, barbeque and quesadillas.
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New Glarus Smoked Rye Ale

Product - New Glarus Unplugged
Brewed By: 
New Glarus
Self-Defined Style: 
Smoked Rye Ale
Strength (ABV): 
8.5% ABV

A few times a year, we will cut Dan loose to brew whatever he chooses, uncensored, uncut, unplugged. Always handcrafted, this beer is brewed for the adventurous soul. This is a very limited edition and we make no promises to ever brew this style again.

A bold rich smoky nose is created naturally with a blend of smoked malts from Bamberg, Germany and Chilton, Wisconsin as well as robust Wisconsin Rye. Special Ale yeast ferments this hazy deep amber brew in the bottle. This is a big smoked beer fermented with Turbinado sugar and appropriate for sipping slowly today.

Best With: 
Cheeses: Fatty Brie or Petite Freres Smoked Blue Dunbarton Blue
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New Glarus Wisconsin Belgian Red

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Brewed By: 
New Glarus
Self-Defined Style: 
Wisconsin Cherry Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.1% ABV

Our International World Champion Specialty Beer is a true winner. Brewed with whole Montmorency Cherries, Wisconsin Wheat and Belgian roasted barleys. Over a pound of Door County cherries in each bottle. Ruby red in color, a medium body, highly carbonated and intense with cherry flavor and bouquet.

Best With: 
Crepes suzette, tuna salad sandwiches, roast duck, fruit or chocolate desserts. Mix this with a stout for a complex blend of chocolate and cherry.
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New Glarus Yokel

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Brewed By: 
New Glarus
Self-Defined Style: 
Unfiltered Lager
Strength (ABV): 
4.7% ABV

This is a whole beer straight from the tank smooth unfiltered and without pretense. Wisconsin, German and English barleys and the finest Bavarian hops combine in classic German brewing methods.

Best With: 
Great with potato croquettes, frites, pork, roasted or fried chicken, fried fish, veal and all manner of sausages.
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New Holland Dragon's Milk

Substyle - Wood- And Barrel-Aged Strong Beer
Brewed By: 
New Holland
Self-Defined Style: 
Bourbon Barrel Aged Beer
Strength (ABV): 
8.0% ABV
Best With: 
This beer is best paired with a rich chocolate based desert, with a top quality cigar, or on its own as a digestif.
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New Holland Full Circle

Substyle - Golden Or Blonde Ale
Brewed By: 
New Holland
Self-Defined Style: 
Single Malt Beer
Strength (ABV): 
5.0% ABV
Best With: 
This clean and crisp, smooth and refreshing Golden Ale perfectly complements any fish plate, salad, or just a classic hamburger or hotdog.
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Newcastle Brown Ale

Product - Newcastle
Brewed By: 
Newcastle
Self-Defined Style: 
Brown Ale
Strength (ABV): 
4.7% ABV

With a modest, off-white head, Newcastle pours a deep chestnut color, and displays brilliant clarity. The flavor offers substantial maltiness and very subtle hop bitterness for balance. Newcastle Brown Ale was first brewed in 1927 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, by Jim Porter after three years of development.

Best With: 
The subtle malty sweetness of this brown ale bring out the flavors of barbecue (particularly with tomato and honey based sauces) phenomenally well. Also excellent with grilled meats, such as ribs or sausage.
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North Coast Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout

Product - North Coast Old Rasputin
Brewed By: 
North Coast
Self-Defined Style: 
Russian Imperial Stout
Strength (ABV): 
9.0% ABV

Produced in the tradition of 19th Century English brewers who supplied the court of Russia's Catherine the Great, Old Rasputin seems to develop a cult following wherever it goes. It's a rich, intense brew with big complex flavors and a warming finish.

Best With: 
Espresso, New York cheesecake, steak au poivre, caviar, oysters and chocolate mud cake all provide an excellent food pairing with this rich beer.
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North Coast Old Stock Ale

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Brewed By: 
North Coast
Self-Defined Style: 
Old Ale
Strength (ABV): 
11.7% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
36 IBU

Like a fine port, Old Stock Ale is intended to be laid down. With an original gravity of over 1.100 and a generous hopping rate, Old Stock Ale is well-designed to round-out and mellow with age. It's brewed with classic Maris Otter malt and Fuggles and East Kent Goldings hops, all imported from England.

Best With: 
Old ales such as this work great with steak, game birds, venison and sausages. Big cheeses like the Roquefort or Stilton would pair nicely.
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Ommegang Abbey Ale

Product - Ommegang Ommegang
Brewed By: 
Ommegang
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian-style Abbey Dubbel
Strength (ABV): 
8.5% ABV

Meditate on this dark ruby elixir. Breathe in its deep emanations of fruit and spice. Is that clove you smell? Licorice? Fig? Sip serenely as revelations of honey, toffee, chocolate and dark dried fruit delight your senses. Can a beer be holy? you wonder, and Where can I get a grail on-line?

Best With: 
savory dishes, meats, slow-cooked French dishes made with pork, lamb, rabbit, beef, carbonnades, hotchpot, marinated roasts, barbeque, rich cheeses, almost every dessert.
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Ommegang Adoration

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Brewed By: 
Ommegang
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian Dark Strong Ale
Strength (ABV): 
10.0% ABV

Ommegang announces our first Strong Winter Ale, named Adoration, becoming available from mid-October through December, all across the US.

Ommegang Adoration, brewed in the authentic style of Belgian winter, or noel beer, is dark, strong, malty and assertively spiced.

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Ommegang Chocolate Indulgence

Product - Ommegang Chocolate Indulgence
Brewed By: 
Ommegang
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian Stout
Strength (ABV): 
8.0% ABV
Color (SRM): 
42º L

Chocolate Indulgence comes with a thick tan head of foam resting on top of the rich onyx-colored liquid. The aroma immediately speaks of dark chocolate and dark malts. The gentle herbal nose of Perle hops compliments the darker notes, making the beer savory to the senses. The taste continues with the intense Belgian dark chocolate gliding across the tongue; starting sweet up front but giving way to rich cocoa flavors at the back.

Best With: 
Perhaps the ultimate companion to chocolate dipped Belgian waffles.
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Ommegang Rare Vos

Product - Ommegang Rare Vos
Brewed By: 
Ommegang
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian-style Amber Ale
Strength (ABV): 
6.5% ABV

Smooth and mellow with subtle caramel and citrus flavors. Serve cold.

Best With: 
Pairs fantastically with barbecue and pub foods. Pizza and mussels.
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Ommegang Three Philosophers

Product - Ommegang Three Philosophers
Brewed By: 
Ommegang
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian-Style Qaudrupel with Kriek
Strength (ABV): 
9.8% ABV

Blended with authentic Kriek, a cherry-lambic from Belgium. Complex flavors of chocolate, dark cherries, caramel malt and toffee.

Best With: 
Pair with roasted meats and game. Excellent with extremely rich cheeses and desserts. Goes well with chocolate. Cellars well.
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Ommegang Witte

Product - Ommegang Witte
Brewed By: 
Ommegang
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian-Style Wheat or White ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.1% ABV

Ommegang Witte is our take on a Belgian-white, or Witbier. Adhering closely to traditional ingredients and flavor profiles, Witte proved its worth at the 2010 and 2008 World Beer Cup by capturing Silver in its category amongst the best in the world. Initially the first Ommegang beer available on draft, Witte is now featured as the Summer Seasonal in our featured-seasonal draft rotation. Though available for year-round enjoyment in 750 ml and 12 oz bottles, summer is the ideal time to enjoy a Witte draft at your favorite warm weather, draft beer destinations.

Imagine...

Best With: 
A picnic with light summer foods, appetizers, salads, and barbeques. Or while sitting on the beach, watching clouds drift by.
Awards: 
2011 Gold - Belgian Style Wheat Ale - Great American Beer Fest
2010 Silver - Belgian Style Wheat Ale - World Beer Cup
2009 Silver - Belgian Style Wheat Ale - World Beer Cup
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Oskar Blues Ten Fidy

Product - Oskar Blues Ten Fidy
Brewed By: 
Oskar Blues
Self-Defined Style: 
Imperial Stout
Strength (ABV): 
10.0% ABV

Our winter seasonal beer is immensely viscous and loaded with neck-deep flavors of chocolate, malt, coffee, cocoa and oats. It's the beer equivalent of decadently rich milkshake made with malted-milk balls and Heaven's best chocolate ice cream. Ten FIDY is about 10% ABV and is made with enormous amounts of two-row malts, chocolate malts, roasted barley, flaked oats and hops. Its huge-but-comforting flavors hide a whopping 98 IBUs that are deftly tucked underneath the beer's mountains of malty goodness.

Best With: 
This hearty stout is excellent with rich, creamy desserts, but could also compliment a strong cigar.
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Otter Creek Copper Ale

Product - Otter Creek Copper Ale
Brewed By: 
Otter Creek
Self-Defined Style: 
Copper Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.4% ABV

Our year 'round flagship brew is Copper Ale, a medium bodied, amber ale inspired by the Altbiers of Northern Germany. Brewed with six different malts, three hop varieties and our special house yeast, Copper Ale is characterized by a well-balanced blend of malty notes and mild bitterness.

Best With: 
Inspired by the Altbiers of Northern Germany this ale pairs well with roasted chicken, grilled tuna, salmon steaks, pork, loaded up burgers, burritos and even pizza.
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Pete's Wicked Ale

Product - Pete's Wicked Ale
Brewed By: 
Pete's Wicked
Self-Defined Style: 
Brown Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.3% ABV

Pete's Wicked Ale is an experience out of the ordinary. Our tantalizing ruby-brown ale with distinctive malts and aromatic Brewers Gold hops is sure to stir up an urge to get loose.

Best With: 
The subtle malty sweetness of this brown ale bring out the flavors of barbecue (particularly with tomato and honey based sauces) phenomenally well. Also excellent with grilled meats, such as ribs or sausage.
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Pete's Wicked Strawberry Blonde

Product - Pete's Wicked Strawberry Blonde
Brewed By: 
Pete's Wicked
Self-Defined Style: 
Strawberry Blonde
Strength (ABV): 
5.0% ABV

Pete's Wicked is truly a unique beer experience. Reward yourself with our golden lager made of the finest pale and wheat malts and Cluster Hops, with a kiss of natural strawberry flavor.

Best With: 
This strawberry beer is outstanding on its own as a palate refreshing aperitif. It also works exceptionally well with strawberry rhubarb pie and vanilla ice cream.
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Pilsner Urquell

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Brewed By: 
Pilsner Urquell
Self-Defined Style: 
Czech Pilsner
Strength (ABV): 
4.4% ABV

Slightly sweet, somewhat malty, the honey nut flavour sparkles on the tip of your tongue, and slides into your mouth where tart citrus flavours and warm caramel bitterness builds quickly before slipping down your throat full of rich body, thoroughly refreshing...

And … the aftertaste… the sharp, distinct bitterness overlapping with caramelised sweetness lingers and develops on your palate.

Who could resist another tingle tongued deeply gratifying swirl, savour and swallow when the first was so superb?

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Rogue Brutal Bitter

Product - Rogue Brutal Bitter
Brewed By: 
Rogue
Self-Defined Style: 
ESB
Strength (ABV): 
6.5% ABV

An imperial bitter style using exotic traditional floor malts, citrus hoppy flavor, stupendous hop aroma. Hedonistic!" Mellow Beer Emboldened by Hops," Elaine Louie's article in the New York Times Dining Out Section, (March 24, 1999) announced the release of latest Rogue elixir to be bottled. The article states that "The newest beer of Rogue Ales sounds more aggressive than it is. Brutal Bitter is actually full-bodied, deeply flavored, intensely hoppy brew. There is nothing brutal about the rich, deep, mellow taste. Its crackling but not sharp...

Best With: 
Using "maritime" barley varieties it is not surprising that bitters meld effortlessly with seafood especially fish and chips. Pork, roasted and fried poultry and roast beef dishes are at home with ESB's.
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Rogue Chipotle Ale

Product - Rogue Chipolte
Brewed By: 
Rogue
Self-Defined Style: 
Chipotle Pepper Ale
Strength (ABV): 
6.5% ABV

Dedicated to Spanish author Juan de la Cueva, who, in 1575, wrote of a an dish that combined seedless chipotles with beer: Chipotle Ale is based on Rogue's American Amber Ale, but delicately spiced with smoked jalapeno (chipotle) Chile peppers. Deep amber in color with a tight head, rich malty aroma, delicately smooth and crisp flavor, and subtle chipotle chili finish. Chipotle Ale is created from Northwest Harrington, Klages, and Maier Munich Malts; Willamette and Cascade hops; and Chipotle (smoked jalapeno) Peppers. Blend it with Rogue Chocolate Stout and create a Mole' black and tan!

Best With: 
Chipotle Ale is the perfect companion to spicy Mexican dishes, particularly those loaded with chipotle and jalapeno peppers.
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Rogue Chocolate Stout

Product - Rogue Chocolate Stout
Brewed By: 
Rogue
Self-Defined Style: 
Chocolate Stout
Strength (ABV): 
6.3% ABV
Color (SRM): 
40º L
Bitterness (IBU): 
69 IBU

Hedonistic! Ebony in color with a rich creamy head. The mellow flavor of oats, chocolate malts, and real chocolate are balanced perfectly with the right amount of hops for a bittersweet finish. Chocolate Stout is brewed with 10 ingredients: Northwest Harrington and Klages, Crystal 135-165 and Beeston Chocolate Malts, Cascade Hops, Rolled Oats and Roasted Barley, Natural Chocolate Flavor, Free Range Coastal Waters and PacMan Yeast.

Best With: 
Rogue's Chocolate Stout is the perfect beer to compliment any dessert, particularly cakes, custards, or raspberry based dishes.
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Rogue Dead Guy Ale

Product - Rogue Dead Guy
Brewed By: 
Rogue
Self-Defined Style: 
Maibock
Strength (ABV): 
6.5% ABV

Gratefully dedicated to the Rogue in each of us. In the early 1990s Dead Guy Ale was created as a private tap sticker to celebrate the Mayan Day of the Dead (November 1st, All Souls Day) for Casa U Betcha in Portland, Oregon. The Dead Guy design proved popular and was incorporated into a bottled product a few years later with Maierbock as the elixir. Strangely, the association with the Grateful Dead is pure coincidence. Dead Guy is a German-style Maibock made with Rogue's proprietary "PacMan" ale yeast.

Best With: 
This amber colored ale pairs nicely with brothy soups, salted almonds, game birds and seafood. This brew also offers a nice companion to cheeses and fruits.
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Rogue Double Dead Guy Ale

Product - Rogue Double Dead Guy Ale
Brewed By: 
Rogue
Self-Defined Style: 
American Strong Ale
Strength (ABV): 
9.0% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
60 IBU

Deep amber copper color. Buttery peanut brittle, orange blossom tea aromas follow through to a rich chewy and fruity full body with nice notes of caramel drizzled dried apricot and roasted grains and spice. Finishes with a long, tangy grilled grapefruit and chocolate fade.

Double Dead Guy Ale is an evolution of Dead Guy Ale, the award winning maibock that has won 25 awards for product and packaging since its introduction in 1993.

Best With: 
Spicey chili
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Rogue HazelNut Brown Nectar

Substyle - American-Style Brown Ale
Brewed By: 
Rogue
Self-Defined Style: 
Hazel Nut Brown Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.2% ABV

HazelNut Brown Nectar is a nutty twist to a traditional European Brown Ale. Dark brown in color with a hazelnut aroma, a rich nutty flavor and a smooth malty finish. Dedicated to the home brewer in each of us--the homebrewed who inspired this creation is Chris Studach, a friend of Rogue's resident wizard John Maier, who added a Northwest twist to the classic style by adding hazelnuts for the host homebrew at the 1993 American Home brewers Association convention. Chris put the nut in nut brown!

Best With: 
This Hazel flavored Nut Brown Ale is amazing with spicy pies such as pumpkin, pecan and mincemeat!
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Rogue Mocha Porter

Product - Rogue Mocha
Brewed By: 
Rogue
Self-Defined Style: 
Mocha Porter
Strength (ABV): 
5.3% ABV

Dedicated to the chocolate lover in each of us. Mocha Porter was once known as New Porter, in honor of the town of Newport, Oregon and home of Rogue Ales. The January/February 1995 issue of Men's Health magazine features a bottle of Rogue New Porter (today's Mocha Porter) in the Fifth Annual Collection of Good Advise, Health News, Dire Warnings, Notable Folks and Unsolicited Opinion. New Porter is described as the Best New Beer for 1994!

Best With: 
This porter and it complex personality pairs well with beef dishes, chocolate confections and fruit tarts.
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Rogue XS Old Crustacean Barleywine

Substyle - Barley Wine
Brewed By: 
Rogue
Self-Defined Style: 
Barley Wine
Strength (ABV): 
11.5% ABV

In Britain, seasonal brews for winter are high in alcohol, robust, malty, and dark. The two main styles of these brews are Old Ales and Barleywines. As the name suggests, barleywines are similar to wines in alcohol and need aging but are derived from grain, not the grape. Rogue's barleywine is described by beer expert Stuart Ramsey as: "A masterful, intense creation from brewer John Maier....it has achieved a depth and complexity usually associated with well-ages strong ales. I hope the brewery bottles some before it disappears." We call it the cognac of beers.

Best With: 
Primarily thought of as a digestif, it turns out that barley wines have an affinity to lamb, venison and wild boar. Classic cheeses such as English and Vermont cheddars as well as aged Gruyeres from Switzerland. Caramelized desserts as crème brûlée and crepes as well as a good vanilla ice cream can finish a wonderful evening of food and beer.
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Rogue Shakespeare Stout

Product - Rogue Shakespeare
Brewed By: 
Rogue
Self-Defined Style: 
Stout
Strength (ABV): 
6.0% ABV

Stout was first introduced by Guinness in Ireland as "Extra Stout" (a stronger version of their Porter). Later, the stronger Imperial and Double Stouts emerged. Sweet, Milk, and Oatmeal Stouts are English adaptations with less alcohol and less bitter then the dry Irish Stouts. Victorian England recognized Oatmeal Stouts nutritional value and it is traditionally the drink of choice for nursing mothers and athletes. Rogue's Shakespeare Stout is ebony in color, a rich creamy head and a mellow chocolate aftertaste.

Best With: 
Rogue's Shakespeare Stout is equally at home with oysters as it is with a homemade pizza and freshly tossed green salad (or as a float over ice cream).
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Samuel Adams Black Lager

Product - Samuel Adams Black Lager 20
Brewed By: 
Samuel Adams
Self-Defined Style: 
Schwarzbier
Strength (ABV): 
4.9% ABV

Our Brewers' interpretation of a traditional German Schwarzbier, Samuel Adams Black Lager is

Best With: 
Great beer for grilled steak, burgers, Mexican mole sauces, Cajun blackened chick and chops, paella, jambalaya, ham and dark breads.
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Samuel Adams Boston Ale

Product - Samuel Adams Boston Ale
Brewed By: 
Samuel Adams
Self-Defined Style: 
Stock Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.1% ABV
Best With: 
Old ales such as this work great with steak, game birds, venison and sausages. Big cheeses like the Roquefort or Stilton would pair nicely.
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Samuel Adams Boston Lager

Product - Samuel Adams Boston Lager 2
Brewed By: 
Samuel Adams
Self-Defined Style: 
Vienna Lager
Strength (ABV): 
4.9% ABV

Complex and balanced, with a beautiful hop aroma. This deep amber to golden colored full bodied lager displays caramel sweet notes balanced with distinct citrus and piney notes. A strong, smooth finish and mouth feel.

Best With: 
Samuel Adams Boston Lager is an outstanding food beer, with a huge variety of complimentary pairings. In particular, this beer is fantastic with medium weight meals such as glazed hams, cured meats, smoked fish, chicken, turkey and Cornish hen dishes. This beer would also work well fresh grilled steak, burgers, or chicken, and works great with salads made with almonds or walnuts.
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Samuel Adams Cherry Wheat

Product - Samuel Adams Cherry Wheat 2
Brewed By: 
Samuel Adams
Self-Defined Style: 
Cherry Wheat
Strength (ABV): 
5.4% ABV

Ale brewed with cherries. Golden in color with a cloudy appearance common in wheat beers, Cherry Wheat reveals distinct cherry tartness with a touch of sweet honey and cereal notes with a clean, fruity finish.

Best With: 
Crepes suzette, tuna salad sandwiches, roast duck, fruit or chocolate desserts. Mix this with a stout for a complex blend of chocolate and cherry.
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Samuel Adams Cranberry Lambic

Product - Samuel Adams Cranberry Lambic
Brewed By: 
Samuel Adams
Self-Defined Style: 
Cranberry Lambic
Strength (ABV): 
5.9% ABV

Tart and sweet, with complex fruit and vanilla notes, Samuel Adams Cranberry Lambic is golden colored with a red blush. Slightly spicy with a cranberry flavor and clean vanilla maple note.

Best With: 
The pleasant combination of sweetness and tartness from the fruit in this beer enable it to pair with a wide range of desserts such as raspberry crumble, cherry pie, or apple tart.
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Samuel Adams Double Bock

Product - Samuel Adams Double Bock 20
Brewed By: 
Samuel Adams
Self-Defined Style: 
Double Bock
Strength (ABV): 
9.5% ABV
Color (SRM): 
39º L
Bitterness (IBU): 
25 IBU

INTENSE AND WARMING, A MEAL IN A BOTTLE. Brewed since the 13th Century, these malty lagers are still some of the biggest and most sophisticated beers around. Bock is the German word for "billy goat" and pictures of goats graze the labels on many bocks and double bocks. We shied away from the goats on our label, but we certainly didn’t shy away from the use of malted barley in this beer.

Best With: 
The intense flavors of Double Bock go well with rich meats like duck, quail or pork tenderloin. You can also match the rich sweet flavors with some hearty desserts like cheesecake or crème brulee. But in all honesty, you could just have a pint on its own for dessert and be completely satisfied.
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Samuel Adams Holiday Porter

Substyle - Brown Porter
Brewed By: 
Samuel Adams
Self-Defined Style: 
Robust Porter
Strength (ABV): 
5.8% ABV

A traditional, British style. Robust and full bodied. Deep ruby black in color, Samuel Adams Holiday porter is rich and roasty malt balanced with traditional English Ale hops and a touch of noble hop.

Best With: 
This porter is a great accompaniment to a wide array of Mexican dishes, burgers, steaks, sausages, ham, smoky flavors and chocolate desserts.
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Samuel Adams Irish Red

Product - Samuel Adams Irish Red
Brewed By: 
Samuel Adams
Self-Defined Style: 
Irish Red Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.5% ABV

The gentle rain and fertile soil of Ireland helped inspire this style of ale, known for being remarkably balanced. Pale and Caramel malts give the beer its rich, deep red color and distinctive caramel flavor. The sweetness of the malt is pleasantly balanced by a pronounced hop bitterness and an earthy note from the East Kent Goldings hops. Samuel Adams® Irish Red finishes smooth and leaves you wanting to take another sip.

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Samuel Adams Old Fezziwig Ale

Product - Samuel Adams Old Fezziwig 2
Brewed By: 
Samuel Adams
Self-Defined Style: 
Holiday Beer
Strength (ABV): 
5.9% ABV

Spicy and bold, this "big Christmas cookie" of a beer is deep mahogany to brown in color. Old Fezziwig Ale displays a full chocolate malt character supported by the spicy blend of cinnamon, ginger and orange peel.

Best With: 
This dessert beer is outstanding with fresh ginger snaps or molasses cookies.
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Samuel Adams Summer Ale

Product - Samuel Adams Summer Ale
Brewed By: 
Samuel Adams
Self-Defined Style: 
American Wheat Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.3% ABV
Best With: 
This wheat beer pairs great with lighter fare, particularly salads with a citrus dressing. For a change of pace, try this wheat beer with a wedge of lemon or orange.
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Samuel Smith Nut Brown Ale

Product - Samuel Smith Nut Brown
Brewed By: 
Samuel Smith
Self-Defined Style: 
Brown Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.2% ABV

Often called "mild" if it is on draft, brown ale is a walnut-colored specialty of the North of England. A festive-occasion beer, brown ale is one of the oldest English brewing styles, mentioned in literature in the 16th century. Beers brewed at the old brewery have a round, nutty flavor because of the Yorkshire square system of fermentation. Walnut-like color and palate of hazelnuts. Wonderful balance of roasted crystal malt and aromatic hops. Long clean finish.

Best With: 
Stilton cheese, grouse and roasted game hen, barbecued duck, pepper steak; spicy food, paella, stir-fry, teriyaki, Thai food, Chinese food, creamy chicken and pineapple curry. Serve at 55 degrees.
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Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout

Product - Samuel Smith Oatmeal
Brewed By: 
Samuel Smith
Self-Defined Style: 
Oatmeal Stout
Strength (ABV): 
5.1% ABV

Originally a drink for lactating mothers, oatmeal stout was described as nutritional on early labels. Oats are in the same family as barley, and a small addition yields great flavor. Popular in the late 1800's, the last oatmeal stout was brewed before the First World War until Samuel Smith reintroduced this style in 1980. Almost opaque, with an unusually silky texture and complex, medium-dry velvet palate. Bittersweet finish.

Best With: 
Pizza and salad, Italian foods, steamed clams, grilled ahi tuna, lobster with drawn butter, steak, ploughman's lunch, crumpets, shish kebabs, vegetable ragout and eggs Florentine, dark flavorful bread and aged Stilton. Serve at 55 degrees.
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Samuel Smith Organic Ale

Substyle - Ordinary Bitter
Brewed By: 
Samuel Smith
Self-Defined Style: 
Organic Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.0% ABV

Samuel Smith's Organic Ale is reminiscent of the early 20th century brews not only in the brewing process and flavor, but label design as well. Certified organic by the USDA-accredited California Certified Organic Farmers. A delicately flavored golden ale in which subtle fruity esters from the Samuel Smith yeast strain interact with a background of maltiness and fresh hops.

Best With: 
Dungeness crab salad, free range herbed chicken, hummus, smoked salmon and masala. Serve in traditional Samuel Smith nonik.
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Samuel Smith Taddy Porter

Product - Samuel Smith Taddy Porter
Brewed By: 
Samuel Smith
Self-Defined Style: 
Porter
Strength (ABV): 
5.0% ABV

Porter was the first commercially brewed beer. It was named for the train porters who were its original servers and consumers. Samuel Smith's Old Brewery, Yorkshire's oldest, reintroduced authentic porter to the British beer scene in 1979 after an absence of more than 50 years. Very dark, fairly full in body and packed with flavor. Intense, dry tangy character of roasted barley.

Best With: 
Oysters on the half shell, Rockefeller or Cajun style, clams, mussels, crab cocktail, lobster bisque and other shellfish, smoked mackerel pâté, veal with green peppercorns, porterhouse steak and of course chocolate. Serve at 55 degrees in nonik or tumbler.
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Sierra Nevada Pale Ale

Product - Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
Brewed By: 
Sierra Nevada
Self-Defined Style: 
American Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.6% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
38 IBU

Our most popular beer, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, is a delightful interpretation of a classic style. It has a deep amber color and an exceptionally full-bodied, complex character. Generous quantities of premium Cascade hops give the Pale Ale its fragrant bouquet and spicy flavor.

Best With: 
While we think Pale Ale tastes great with everything, its assertive hop flavor goes especially well with spicy cuisine, since its clean flavors counterbalance the richness of many hot dishes. It also goes well with starters and salads, its spicy complexity stimulating both appetites and conversation.
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Southern Tier hop sun

Product - Southern Tier Hop Sun
Brewed By: 
Southern Tier
Self-Defined Style: 
American Wheat Ale
Strength (ABV): 
4.5% ABV

Pour Hop Sun Summer Wheat Beer into a pint glass, give it a long whiff and you'll realize that this isn't your average wheat beer. Filtered to a golden clarity and dry hopped to perfection, Hop Sun is a fantastic session ale in which flavors of wheat, barley and hops commingle to a refreshing and zesty conclusion. Hints of lemon and sweet malts waft to the fore as a touch of bitterness contributes to Hop Sun's bright finish. Enjoy Hop Sun all summer long as a perfect balance to your outdoor recreation. Summer never tasted so good.

Best With: 
This wheat beer pairs great with lighter fare, particularly salads with a citrus dressing. For a change of pace, try this wheat beer with a wedge of lemon or orange.
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Southern Tier phin & matt's extraordinary ale

Product - Southern Tier Phin And Matt
Brewed By: 
Southern Tier
Self-Defined Style: 
American Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.6% ABV

Phin and Matt used vast amounts of whole hops, the finest malt, and a little love in each batch of this American Pale Ale.

Best With: 
This American pale ale's fragrant bouquet and spicy flavor lend to this beer's ideal match with generously spiced foods such as Southern barbeque, wasabi crusted Japanese dishes, and curry based Indian dishes. This beer is also the perfect complement to grilled meats, particularly burgers, and pizza.
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Southern Tier Old Man Winter

Product - Southern Tier Old Man
Brewed By: 
Southern Tier
Self-Defined Style: 
Old Ale
Strength (ABV): 
8.0% ABV

Because of its high alcohol content, Old Man is a heady brew that encourages sipping and pondering its essential richness. Drink it fresh now or cellar a few bottles to see how this old man becomes wiser with age.

Best With: 
Old ales such as this work great with steak, game birds, venison and sausages. Big cheeses like the Roquefort or Stilton would pair nicely.
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St. Bernardus Abt 12

Product - St Bernardus Abt 12
Brewed By: 
St. Bernardus
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian Abbey Brown Ale
Strength (ABV): 
10.0% ABV

St. Bernardus Abt 12 from Brouwerij St. Bernard is a traditional abbey ale brewed in the classic style of Belgium's Trappist Monks. It is almost ebony in color, smooth, creamy and full bodied with big richness of texture that is almost oily and very assertive, like a warming coconut brandy.

Best With: 
The bold, malty complexity of this Abbey ale shines with rich desserts such as cherry pie with vanilla ice cream.
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Stella Artois Lager

Product - Stella Artois 20
Brewed By: 
Stella Artois
Self-Defined Style: 
Lager
Strength (ABV): 
5.2% ABV

1926 saw the birth of one of the most important additions to the family, Stella Artois. Stella, the Latin word for star, was first introduced in celebration of the festive season. It was an instant sensation, and became so popular that it stayed in demand throughout history, and for decades to come. Today, Stella Artois is renowned as a quality beer conditioned for an average of 6 - 11 days longer than most other beers. It is full-bodied with an alcohol content of 5.2% ABV and is best enjoyed at a cool 3o C.

Best With: 
This lager would be a fine companion served cold with pizza or pub food, but would also do quite well to have beside a light whitefish cooked with white wine and some crisp greens on the side.
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Stone Arrogant Bastard Ale

Product - Stone Arrogant Bastard
Brewed By: 
Stone Brewing Co.
Self-Defined Style: 
American IPA
Strength (ABV): 
7.2% ABV

This is an aggressive beer. You probably won't like it. It is quite doubtful that you have the taste or sophistication to be able to appreciate an ale of this quality and depth. We would suggest that you stick to safer and more familiar territory - maybe something with a multi-million dollar ad campaign aimed at convincing you it's made in a little brewery, or one that implies that their tasteless fizzy yellow beer will give you more sex appeal. Perhaps you think multi-million dollar ad campaigns make a beer taste better. Perhaps you're mouthing your words as you read this.

Best With: 
This IPA's generous hop character makes it an ideal pairing with spicy foods such as barbecue, dry-rubbed ribs, or ethnic cuisine such as curry based Indian food, wasabi based Japanese dishes, or spicy Thai entrees.
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Three Floyds Alpha King

Product - Three Floyds Alpha King
Brewed By: 
Three Floyds
Self-Defined Style: 
American Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
6.0% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
66 IBU

A bold yet balanced American pale ale with caramel malt notes and an aggressive citrus hoppiness. Three Floyds Flagship beer.

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Three Floyds Robert the Bruce

Product - Three Floyds Robert the Bruce
Brewed By: 
Three Floyds
Self-Defined Style: 
Scottish-style Ale
Strength (ABV): 
6.5% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
35 IBU

A full bodied Scottish-style ale with a well rounded malty profile of roasted and caramel notes.

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Two Brothers Dog Days

Product - Two Brothers Dog Days
Brewed By: 
Two Brothers
Self-Defined Style: 
Dortmunder Lager
Strength (ABV): 
4.5% ABV

Dog Days is our warm weather beer and the only lager we produce. This golden lager is a German style Dortmunder with a delicate caramel malt character and light body. Dog Days has a noticeable noble hop character creating a crisp, clean finish.

Best With: 
This dunkel pairs well with roast pork loin, fried chicken, barbeque and quesadillas.
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Unibroue La Fin du Monde

Product - Unibroue Fin Du Monde
Brewed By: 
Unibroue
Self-Defined Style: 
String Triple-Style
Strength (ABV): 
9.0% ABV

La Fin du Monde has a brilliant golden color with vigorously effervescent foam. It is mildly yeasty with a complex palate of malt, fruit and spice notes followed by a smooth, dry finish.

Best With: 
Its complex flavor and natural carbonation make La Fin du Monde an ideal pairing for aged cheeses and succulent cuisine like scallops, filet mignon and duck confit.
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Unibroue Trois Pistoles

Product - Unibroue Trois Pistoles
Brewed By: 
Unibroue
Self-Defined Style: 
Strong Dark Ale
Strength (ABV): 
9.0% ABV

Trois Pistoles has a dark brown color topped with a rich foam mousse. Its slightly sweet taste is enhanced by accents of roasted malt, cocoa, ripe fruit and dark spices with a smooth finish like an old port.

Best With: 
The cocoa and fruit notes of Trois Pistoles make it an ideal dessert companion to semi-sweet and dark artisan chocolates.
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Victory Golden Monkey

Product - Victory Golden Monkey
Brewed By: 
Victory
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian-Style Tripel
Strength (ABV): 
9.5% ABV
Best With: 
A complex brew is a perfect choice as an aperitif with crab cakes, scallops or mussels or an assertive cheese such as a Roquefort or a Stilton; particularly delightful with asparagus. The perfect accompaniment to a fruit dessert, crepes or wonderful on its own as a digestif.
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Victory Storm King

Product - Victory Storm King
Brewed By: 
Victory
Self-Defined Style: 
Imperial Stout
Strength (ABV): 
9.1% ABV
Best With: 
Espresso, New York cheesecake, steak au poivre, caviar, oysters and chocolate mud cake all provide an excellent food pairing with this rich beer.
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Westmalle Tripel

Product - Westmalle Tripel
Brewed By: 
Westmalle
Self-Defined Style: 
Trappist Tripel Ale
Strength (ABV): 
9.5% ABV

Bottle-conditioned Dubbel and Tripel Trappist Ales brewed by the Abbey of Westmalle, one of only seven Trappist breweries in the world. Glowing orange-gold color, herbal aroma, and complex flavors that meld rich malt sweetness, warmth, hops, and powerful drinkability.

Best With: 
As an aperitif with cheese or assorted hors d' oeuvres. Try with rich main courses or enjoy after dinner with fresh fruits and cheese. Westmalle Tripel is excellent with fresh steamed asparagus! Serve in the traditional Westmalle goblet at 45-50 deg. F.
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Abita Turbodog

Product - Abita Turbo
Brewed By: 
Abita
Self-Defined Style: 
Dark Brown Ale
Strength (ABV): 
6.0% ABV

Abita Turbodog is a dark brown ale brewed with Willamette hops and a combination of British pale, crystal and chocolate malts. This combination gives Turbodog its rich body and color and a sweet chocolate-toffee like flavor.

Best With: 
Turbo Dog is best with grilled meats such as steak and venison. Cajun style blackened chicken and pork chops as well as meaty chili's work well with Turbo Dog's hearty body and roasty aroma.
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Allagash Curieux

Product - Allagash Curieux
Brewed By: 
Allagash
Self-Defined Style: 
Bourbon Barrel Aged Tripel
Strength (ABV): 
11.0% ABV
Best With: 
Cureiux is an excellent complement to barbeque dishes and many desserts. Try pairing Curieux with assorted cakes and crème brûlée.
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Anchor Porter

Product - Anchor Porter
Brewed By: 
Anchor
Self-Defined Style: 
Porter
Strength (ABV): 
5.6% ABV

Anchor Porter is a unique dark brew, which was introduced by Anchor in the early 1970s. Anchor Porter, like all of Anchor Brewing Company's products, is brewed with only natural ingredients. Specially roasted dark malts are used, along with a top-fermenting yeast. The brew is hopped at a very high rate, and is naturally carbonated to produce an intensely rich flavor and thick creamy head.

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Avery Ellie's Brown

Product - Avery Ellies Brown
Brewed By: 
Avery
Self-Defined Style: 
American Brown Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.5% ABV

This beautiful, deep russet brew has the sweet and somewhat nutty character of Adam Avery's late (1992-2002) Chocolate Lab, for which it is named. Crystal and chocolate malts give this beer a brown sugar maltiness with hints of vanilla and nuts, while subtle hopping gives it an overall drinkability that's second to none, just like Ellie!

Best With: 
This brown ale is exceptionally great with French onion soup, steak, cured meats, barbecue, game and cheese.
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Avery Out of Bounds

Product - Avery Out Of Bounds
Brewed By: 
Avery
Self-Defined Style: 
Foreigh-Style Stout
Strength (ABV): 
5.1% ABV

This big, roasty stout takes flavor to the extreme. We aren't afraid to use plenty of rich roasted barley and a mountain of hops to give this full-bodied stout that little extra something you've been looking for in a beer.

Best With: 
This relatively dry stout works great with steamed crustaceans, particularly oysters.
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Bear Republic Big Black

Product - Bear Republic Big Black
Brewed By: 
Bear Republic
Self-Defined Style: 
Russian Imperial Stout
Strength (ABV): 
8.1% ABV
Color (SRM): 
40º L
Bitterness (IBU): 
68 IBU

Big Bear, as the name implies, is a hefty, black, Russian Imperial-style stout. This bold stout boasts a rich, caramel sweetness lavished by a robust, deep-roasted heartiness you can sink your teeth into. ...Big Bear's bold flavors are produced using a blend of Belgian and English roasted barley and crystal malts. Some unique flavors come forth in the malt character. ...Louisiana sweet molasses and dark brown sugar. This dark brew is well hopped with Chinook and Cascade hops, which are somewhat, masked by the malt. This is a balanced bold brew boasting an A.V.B.

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Bell's Amber Ale

Product - Bell's Amber Ale
Brewed By: 
Bell's Brewery, Inc.
Self-Defined Style: 
Amber Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.8% ABV

Our flagship beer is made from mostly pale malt with some Munich and caramel malts. This gives it a slightly sweet flavor that is balanced by a melange of American hops. The result is a deep copper color and rich flavor.

Best With: 
Generally speaking, amber ales are incredibly versatile food beers. Caramalized malts combined with the fruity esters produced during fermentation make amber ales great compliments to grilled meats, particularly beef and pork.
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Bell's Cherry Stout

Product - Bell's Cherry Stout
Brewed By: 
Bell's Brewery, Inc.
Self-Defined Style: 
Cherry Stout
Strength (ABV): 
7.0% ABV

A rich and powerful beer with tart cherry appeal, make this a fine stout.

Best With: 
The roasted and burnt malt notes of stout and its typical hearty nature make it an exceptional compliment to raw or steamed oysters, however stout is also at home with most chocolate or cream based desserts.
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Bell's Consecrator Doppelbock Beer

Product - Bell's Consecrator Doppelbock Beer
Brewed By: 
Bell's Brewery, Inc.
Self-Defined Style: 
Doppelbock
Strength (ABV): 
8.0% ABV

A traditional dopplebock fermented with a Bohemian lager yeast. Reddish brown in color, with a mild hop profile, Consecrator is a well balanced, full bodied beer with hints of caramel and molasses in its smooth, malty finish.

Best With: 
Bock beers tend to be quite strong, yet they retain the characteristic clean, straightforward malt character of lagers that lends to heartier meats such as roasted or grilled pork tenderloin, venison, kangaroo steak, or wild boar.
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Bell's Expedition Stout

Product - Bell's Expedition Stout
Brewed By: 
Bell's Brewery, Inc.
Self-Defined Style: 
Imperial Stout
Strength (ABV): 
10.5% ABV

The vintage port of American stout. A good ale for the cellar. Well suited for November storms and trips across the Sahara.

Best With: 
The roasted and burnt malt notes of stout and its typical hearty nature make it an exceptional compliment to raw or steamed oysters, however stout is also at home with most chocolate or cream based desserts.
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Bell's Hopslam Ale

Product - Bell's Hopslam Ale
Brewed By: 
Bell's Brewery, Inc.
Self-Defined Style: 
Double India Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
10.0% ABV

A biting, bitter, tongue bruiser of an ale. With a name like Hopslam, what did you expect?

Best With: 
With a bold emphasis on hop bitterness, India pale ales are the ultimate beverage pairing for spicy dishes. The sharp hop presence in most India pale ales can stand up to even the most devilish of spices in Cajun, Malaysian, Japanese, Indian, and Mexican cuisine.
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Bell's Pale Ale

Product - Bell's Pale Ale
Brewed By: 
Bell's Brewery, Inc.
Self-Defined Style: 
Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.2% ABV

A refreshing, blond colored pale ale. Bell's pale ale is made almost exclusively from pale malt. It expresses a spicy floral hop aroma and taste.

Best With: 
The fragrant bouquet and spicy flavor of pale ale lends to this beer’s ideal match with generously spiced foods such as Southern barbeque, wasabi crusted Japanese dishes, and curry based Indian dishes. This style is also the perfect complement to grilled meats, burgers, and pizza.
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Bell's Two Hearted Ale

Product - Bell's Two Hearted Ale
Brewed By: 
Bell's Brewery, Inc.
Self-Defined Style: 
India Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
7.0% ABV

India Pale Ale style well suited for Hemingway-esque trips to the Upper Peninsula. American malts and enormous hop additions give this beer a crisp finish and incredible floral hop aroma.

Best With: 
With a bold emphasis on hop bitterness, India pale ales are the ultimate beverage pairing for spicy dishes. The sharp hop presence in most India pale ales can stand up to even the most devilish of spices in Cajun, Malaysian, Japanese, Indian, and Mexican cuisine.
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BrewDog Dogma

Product - BrewDog Dogma
Brewed By: 
BrewDog
Self-Defined Style: 
ale brewed with honey, kola nut, poppy seed, and guarana
Strength (ABV): 
7.8% ABV

Dogma is an ale brewed with honey, kola nut, poppy seed, and guarana.

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BrewDog Rip Tide

Product - BrewDog Rip Tide
Brewed By: 
BrewDog
Self-Defined Style: 
twisted merciless stout
Strength (ABV): 
8.0% ABV

It was only a matter of time before the original BrewDog got his paws in on the action. This egotistical young lab has decided to make a beer which best reflects himself.

This is the beer equivalent of the big, cute chocolate monster.

Soft, smooth, dark, chocolately and very strong. This gentle giant will never bite but would much rather give you a big lick on the face.

Look Out!

Love Bracken.

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Brooklyn Local 1

Product - Brooklyn Local 1
Brewed By: 
Brooklyn
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian-inspired Strong Golden Ale
Strength (ABV): 
9.0% ABV

Behind the full golden color, you'll find an alluring aroma, a dynamic complex of flavors, Belgian flair, a Brooklyn fortitude and a dusting of our special yeast. To create this beer, we use the old technique of 100% bottle re-fermentation, a practice now rare even in Europe. It gives this beer a palate of unusual depth.

Best With: 
Enjoy this beer locally or globally, as an aperitif or with your favorite dishes. It is particularly nice with spicy seafood and with fine cheeses.
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Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA

Product - Dogfish Head 90 Minute Ipa
Brewed By: 
Dogfish Head
Self-Defined Style: 
Imperial IPA
Strength (ABV): 
9.0% ABV

Esquire Magazine calls our 90 Minute .I.P.A.., "perhaps the best I.P.A. in America." An Imperial I.P.A. brewed to be savored from a snifter. A big beer with a great malt backbone that stands up to the extreme hopping rate. This beer is an excellent candidate for use with Randall The Enamel Animal!

Best With: 
Pork chops, beef, and grilled fish. Cheese - Stilton
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Dogfish Head World Wide Stout

Product - Dogfish Head World Wide Stout
Brewed By: 
Dogfish Head
Self-Defined Style: 
Imperial Stout
Strength (ABV): 
18.0% ABV

YES! The world's strongest dark beer. Dark, rich, roasty and complex, World Wide Stout has more in common with a fine port than a can of cheap, mass-marketed beer. Brewed with a ridiculous amount of barley. Have one with (or as!) dessert tonight!

Best With: 
Hot molten chocolate mud cake is the ideal pairing for this beer, however it works beautifully on its own as a digestif.
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Founders Devil Dancer

Product - Founders Devil Dancer
Brewed By: 
Founders
Self-Defined Style: 
Triple IPA
Strength (ABV): 
13.0% ABV

Founders most complex, most innovative, most feared and yet most revered ale produced. Massive in complexity the huge malt character balances the insane amount of alpha's used to create this monster. More IBU's than any brewery has documented, more than you would believe and dry-hopped for twenty-six days straight with a combination of 10 hop varieties. Dangerously drinkable and deliciously evil. We dare you to dance with the Devil.

Best With: 
A general rule of thumb with this beer is 'the spicier the better.' The impressive hop bitterness in this beer can stand up to just about any degree of spiciness in dry rubbed ribs, curry based Indian food, or wasabi spiced Japanese fare.
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Founders Double Trouble IPA

Product - Founders Double Trouble IPA
Brewed By: 
Founders
Self-Defined Style: 
Imperial India Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
9.4% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
86 IBU

An imperial IPA that was brewed to turn your world upside down. Hops have got you coming and going. Pungent aromatics up front paired with a malt balanced backbone and a smooth bitter finish.

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Fraoch Heather Ale

Product - Fraoch Heather Ale
Brewed By: 
Heather Ale
Self-Defined Style: 
Heather Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.0% ABV

Heather Ale has been brewed in Scotland since 325 BC by the Picts, a Celtic tribal race who defended their land from Roman, Saxon, Briton and Viking invasions. However, traces of a fermented beverage made with heather flowers have been found by archaeologists dating back to 2,000 BC. Brewed with heather flowers and Scottish malt, Fraoch has a distinctive floral aroma, full malt character and a dry wine-like finish. As one of the oldest styles of ales in the world there are many legends and folklore surrounding it.

Best With: 
Salmon and other seafood, roast chicken and turkey, cheese, rich and spicy foods.
Awards: 
1997 Gold Medal - World Beer Championships
1996 Gold Medal - World Beer Championships
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Fullers London Porter

Product - Fullers London Porter
Brewed By: 
Fullers
Self-Defined Style: 
Porter
Strength (ABV): 
5.4% ABV

Fuller's London Porter captures the flavors of those brews perfectly, although you won't find a cloudy pint these days! Smooth, rich, and strong (5.4% a.b.v.), our London Porter is brewed from a blend of brown, crystal and chocolate malts for a creamy delivery balanced by traditional Fuggles hops.

Best With: 
London Porter is a wonderful beer drunk on its own, as an accompaniment to puddings and deserts or even used in its own stew! Visit www.fullers.co.uk for the recipe.
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Goose Island Night Stalker Stout

Product - Goose Island Night Stalker Stout
Brewed By: 
Goose Island
Self-Defined Style: 
Imperial Stout
Strength (ABV): 
11.7% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
60 IBU

A strong imperial stout, extremely rich and massively dry hopped for balance.

Part of the FultonWood draft series. Named for the cross streets (Fulton & Wood) where our brewery resides, the FultonWood draft series is the intersection of brewing and imagination for Goose Island. This series of extremely limited release draft offerings push the boudaries of the everyday and provide new and ever changing beers for our brewers and beer drinkers to explore.

Best With: 
The roasted and burnt malt notes of stout and its typical hearty nature make it an exceptional compliment to raw or steamed oysters, however stout is also at home with most chocolate or cream based desserts.
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Great Divide Hercules Double IPA

Product - Great Divide Hercules
Brewed By: 
Great Divide
Self-Defined Style: 
Double IPA
Strength (ABV): 
9.1% ABV

Hoppier, maltier and with more alcohol than a standard IPA, Hercules Double IPA definitely is not for the faint of heart. Hercules Double IPA is, however, an elixir fit for the gods. A brash but creamy wonder, Hercules pours a deep orange-coppery color, forming substantial lace in the glass. Hercules Double IPA delivers a huge amount of piney, floral, and citrusy hop aroma and flavor from start to finish. A hefty backbone of nutty, toffee-like malt character balances Hercules' aggressive, punchy hop profile.

Best With: 
Our friends Kate and David at Denver's finest artesian cheese and exotic food shop, The Truffle, find Hercules Double IPA the perfect complement to the following specialty cheeses: Epoisses - a runny and rich washed-rind French cow's milk cheese, Redhawk - a smooth and creamy American washed-rind cow's milk cheese, and Livarot - a golden yellow, semi-soft, pungent French cow's milk cheese. Other delicacies to enjoy alongside Hercules include grilled fish tacos or grilled scallops, and chips and guacamole.
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Great Divide Yeti Imperial Stout

Yeti
Brewed By: 
Great Divide
Self-Defined Style: 
Imperial Stout
Strength (ABV): 
9.5% ABV

Traditionally, Imperial Stouts, the biggest and boldest of all stouts, were brewed with massive amounts of roasted malts and hops, resulting in a velvety smooth but robust beer characterized by high alcohol content and extremely high hop bitterness. Meeting the challenge of this aggressive, challenging beer style, Great Divide's Yeti Imperial Stout is an onslaught of the senses. An almost viscous, inky-black brew, Yeti opens with a massive, roasty, chocolate, coffee malt flavor that eventually gives way to rich toffee and burnt caramel notes.

Best With: 
Our friends Kate and David at Denver's finest artesian cheese and exotic food shop, The Truffle, pair Yeti Imperial Stout with Roquefort, a French sheep's milk blue cheese. Also, grilled pork tenderloin, filet mignon with blue cheese sauce, cheesecake.
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Great Lakes Burning River Pale Ale

Product - Great Lakes Burning River Pale Ale
Brewed By: 
Great Lakes
Self-Defined Style: 
American Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
6.0% ABV
Color (SRM): 
9º L
Bitterness (IBU): 
45 IBU

An assertively hopped American Pale Ale with citrusy and piney Cascade hops. Gradually evolved from an English town called Burton-upon-Trent that was known for its distinctive hard water supply and propensity to brew a lighter colored beer than was common at the time. Named after the infamous 1969 burning of the Cuyahoga River.

Best With: 
Big, robust flavors like red meats and strong cheeses.
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Great Lakes Blackout Stout

Product - Great Lakes Blackout Stout
Brewed By: 
Great Lakes
Self-Defined Style: 
Russian Imperial Stout
Strength (ABV): 
9.0% ABV
Color (SRM): 
45º L
Bitterness (IBU): 
85 IBU

A Russian Imperial Stout with a hearty malt body and bold hop flavor. Named after the infamous "Blackout of 2003" that left the northeastern United States in complete darkness, but resulted in old-fashioned neighborhood porch parties and down-home fun. Style origin: Originated from recipes that British brewers tailored for the czars and czarinas of the Russian Imperial court.

Best With: 
Grilled red meats and chocolate desserts.
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Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold Lager

Product - Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold Lager
Brewed By: 
Great Lakes
Self-Defined Style: 
Dortmunder Lager
Strength (ABV): 
5.8% ABV
Color (SRM): 
5º L
Bitterness (IBU): 
30 IBU

A smooth lager that strikes a delicate balance between sweet malt and dry hop flavors. During the mid-19th century, seven breweries within the city of Dortmund, Germany, began brewing beers in the same manner, resulting in what has come to be known as the "Dortmunder" style. The name of our flagship beer reflects the unprecedented accolades and recognition it has earned in major worldwide beer tasting competitions.

Best With: 
Because neither malt nor hops dominate this beer, it complements most foods, especially salads, fish and chicken.
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Green Flash West Coast I.P.A.

Product - Green Flash West Coast I.P.A.
Brewed By: 
Green Flash
Self-Defined Style: 
West Coast-Style India Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
7.0% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
95 IBU

This West Coast-Style India Pale Ale is extravagantly hopped, full flavored, medium bodied and copper colored. A menagerie of hops is combined throughout the brewing process to impart specific characteristics. Hops used include Simcoe for a unique fruitiness and grapefruit zest, Columbus for strong hop pungency, Centennial for pine and citrus notes, and Cascade for floral aroma.

Best With: 
Great with spicy Thai, Mexican, or Caribbean cuisine.
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Ommegang Hennepin Farmhouse Saison

Product - Ommegang Hennepin
Brewed By: 
Ommegang
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian-Style Farmhouse Saison
Strength (ABV): 
7.7% ABV

As you pour this rich golden ale into your glass, consider your surroundings. Are you in a restaurant? Outside on the deck? Is it hot and humid? Cold and brisk? Take a drink. Feel the way Hennepin is bright and lively in your mouth with a warming mix of spicy gingersnap and citrusy hops. Refreshing. Relaxing. It's true: no matter where you are, Hennepin is the perfect ale for all seasons.

Best With: 
Try Hennepin with rustic fare such as quiche, bread and cheeses, roasted chicken, fresh water fish, including shellfish (especially lobster). Hennepin's coriander and ginger notes lend themselves to the composed spicing in Asian cuisines. It goes well with Thai and Indian cuisine, sushi, Mongolian hotpots, fried fish, spare ribs and Peking duck.
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Jolly Pumpkin Oro de Calabaza

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Brewed By: 
Jolly Pumpkin
Self-Defined Style: 
Artisan Golden Ale
Strength (ABV): 
8.0% ABV

Brewed in the Franco-Belgian tradition of strong golden ales. Spicy and peppery with a gentle hop bouquet and the beguiling influence of wild yeast.

Best With: 
The strong carbonation of this blond would lift the oils from a rosemary salmon, leaving the flavors to mesh and melt on the palate.
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Lagunitas Maximus

Product - Lagunitas Maximus
Brewed By: 
Lagunitas
Self-Defined Style: 
Imperial IPA
Strength (ABV): 
7.5% ABV

Full bodied, hints of citrus and tangy tangerine are evident in a massive complex hoppy flavor and aroma, but balanced by an assertive maltiness. "At the height of the heat in the heart of the summer, we felt the only cure was a raging mouthful of fresh Hops and Malt. Caution: May remove enamel from teeth."

Best With: 
Double IPA's carry with them the same basic characteristics as their single IPA cousins so most food pairings will remain consistent.
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Left Hand Milk Stout

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Brewed By: 
Left Hand Brewing
Self-Defined Style: 
Milk Stout
Strength (ABV): 
5.9% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
25 IBU

2006 & 2008 World Beer Cup Gold Medal Winner in the Sweet Stout category. The September/October 2006 issue of Draft Magazine calls Milk Stout "...quite possibly the best stout in America." Strong roasted malt and coffee flavors build the foundation of this classic cream stout. The addition of milk sugar mellows the intense roastiness and gives this beer the most incredible creamy mouth feel.

Best With: 
Roux-based dishes, dishes with cream or milk bases.
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Malheur 12°

Product - Malheur 12
Brewed By: 
Malheur
Self-Defined Style: 
Dark Strong Ale
Strength (ABV): 
12.0% ABV

Malheur 12° is a dark brown ale with beautiful and rocky café latté light brown foam. The fl avour is malty and cereal and might be thinking of fresh cut bread. The taste of Malheur 12° is full, round, with a touch of sweet alcohols, but the ale is still dry and bitter coffee, and with touches of nuts, honey and rum from the brown candy sugar. The finish is bitter-sweet, long and warm.

Best With: 
Outstanding with very rich cream based desserts, with a strong Cigar, or on its own as a digestif.
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Maredsous Dubbel

Product - Maredsous Dubbel
Brewed By: 
Maredsous
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian Abbey Dubbel
Strength (ABV): 
8.0% ABV

Maredsous Dubbel is a rich mahogany-brown Dubbel ale, with a delicate body, creamy head, and lush bouquet. Within its velvety taste you’ll discover subtle hints of dark fruit, chocolate, and toffee. You’ll also savor a dry and warming finish. A votre santé.

Best With: 
Excellent choice with savory dishes, meats, slow-cooked French dishes, pork loin, lamb, rabbit, beef, salmon, potatoes, marinated roasts, rich cheeses, almost every rich dessert.
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Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast

Product - Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast
Brewed By: 
Mikkeller
Self-Defined Style: 
Imperial Stout Brewed with Coffee
Strength (ABV): 
7.5% ABV
Color (SRM): 
40º L

Ask any beer geek . . . . a hearty, complex stout is the tastiest way to begin the day. This unique mix of an oat and coffee stout creates an intense, full-bodied beer that is surprisingly balanced and full of new taste adventures with every sip.

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Mississippi Mud Black & Tan

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Product - Mississippi Mud
Brewed By: 
Mississippi Mud
Self-Defined Style: 
Black and Tan
Strength (ABV): 
5.0% ABV

“Dating back to 18th century England, the custom of blending pale and dark beers has kept the ‘Black & Tan’ a favorite of experienced beer drinkers for centuries. Our famous recipe combines a robust English Porter with a fine Continental Pilsner, preserving the character of each, while creating the classic taste of the legendary ‘Black & Tan’. In true American style, we bring you the best of both beers as they meet in Mississippi Mud.”

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AleSmith Horny Devil

Product - AleSmith Horny Devil
Brewed By: 
AleSmith
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian Strong Ale
Strength (ABV): 
11.0% ABV

This is the AleSmith incarnation of a Belgian Strong Ale. Horny Devil is an authentic Belgian Style ale, from the Belgian candi sugar right down to the yeast, a Belgian strain from a Trappist monastery in Belgium. In addition to the malts, candi sugar and fresh hops, there is also a little added twist from coriander seeds, which impart a refreshing citrus flavor to an outstanding ale. Belgian ale lovers around the world have raved about Horny Devil, and you will too. Bright straw/light yellow color and good head formation and retention when properly served. Appealing Brussels lace.

Best With: 
Horny Devil is a classic compliment to steamed mussels in broth.
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AleSmith Yulesmith

Product - AleSmith Yulesmith
Brewed By: 
AleSmith
Self-Defined Style: 
Imperial Red Ale
Strength (ABV): 
9.5% ABV

For the winter season, YuleSmith is brewed as an Imperial Red Ale. This version is maltier, more balanced, and darker in color than the summer version. Although quite malty, big hop flavors and aromas are abundant making this an unforgettable winter warmer. Winter YuleSmith is packaged in traditional holiday red and green.

Best With: 
This Imperial Red Ale is outstanding with dark meat poultry, include duck or turkey, and pairs well with hearty sausages.
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Allagash Black

Product - Allagash Black
Brewed By: 
Allagash
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian-style Stout
Strength (ABV): 
7.5% ABV
Best With: 
For dinner pair Allagash Black with beef Wellington, shepherds pie, and herbed goat cheese. Black is a perfect complement to sweet cream ice cream and oatmeal raisin cookies for dessert.
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Anchor Christmas

Product - Anchor Christmas
Brewed By: 
Anchor
Self-Defined Style: 
Christmas Beer
Strength (ABV): 
6.0% ABV

Each year our Christmas Ale gets a unique label and a unique recipe for the Ale itself. Although our recipes must remain a secret, many enthusiasts save a few bottles from year to year(stored in a cool dark place) to taste later and compare with other vintages. Properly refrigerated, the beer remains intriguing and drinkable for years, with different nuances slowly emerging as the flavor mellows slightly.

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Avery The Czar

Product - Avery Czar Imperial Stout
Brewed By: 
Avery
Self-Defined Style: 
Russian Imperial Stout
Strength (ABV): 
11.0% ABV

Behold the stunning crimson hues through the inky blackness. Inhale the noble Hallertau hops, spicy and floral. Savor the flavors redolent of English toffee, rich mocha, sweet molasses, candied currants and a hint of anise. We highly recommend cellaring additional bottles, as the Czar will continue to mature and become denser and more complex with age.

Best With: 
Espresso, New York cheesecake, steak au poivre, caviar, oysters and chocolate mud cake all provide an excellent food pairing with this rich beer.
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Avery The Kaiser

Product - Avery Kaiser
Brewed By: 
Avery
Self-Defined Style: 
Imperial Oktoberfest Lager
Strength (ABV): 
9.3% ABV

The Kaiser once said, "Give me a woman who loves beer and I will conquer the world." If the Kaiser and his significant other had tipped this bottle, we'd all be "sprechenden Deutsch!" We took all that is good in a traditional Oktoberfest - gorgeous, deep copper sheen, massive malty backbone and spicy, floral, pungent noble hops - then intensified each into this, an Imperial Oktoberfest.

Best With: 
This Imperial Marzen pairs nicely with rich brothy soups, salted almonds, game birds and seafood. This brew also offers a nice companion to cheeses and fruits.
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Ballast Point Sculpin India Pale Ale

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Brewed By: 
Ballast Point
Self-Defined Style: 
American IPA
Strength (ABV): 
7.0% ABV

"A world famous India Pale Ale.It pours a luscious bubbly gold with a fluffy white two finger head. The head retention is perfect. It laces the glass all the way down to the final sip. As soon as I poured it into the glass I could smell hints of lemon, apricot, hops, and a sweet fruit I couldn’t quite detect. When I took my first sip I could immediately taste the mix of apricot, lemon, and hops. Due to the sweet fruit blend I didn’t catch the bitterness of the hops right away, but after a few sips and a pause or two, the bitter flavor hung in my mouth for a while. This is a solid IPA.

Awards: 
2009 Great American Beer Festival - Silver Medal - American-Style India Pale Ale
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Ballast Point Sea Monster Imperial Stout

Product - Ballast Point Sea Monster Imperial Stout
Brewed By: 
Ballast Point
Self-Defined Style: 
Imperial Stout
Strength (ABV): 
10.0% ABV

Sea Monster Imperial Stout is a new version of an old favorite. This hearty stout is black as the abyss and clocks in at a whopping 10% ABV, a real monster. The flavors of roasted coffee and bittersweet chocolate are complamented by a velvety smoothness from the addition of un-malted barley and oats. Colombus and Amarillo hops help to balance out the huge malt character of this flavor bomb. Be careful the alcohol is well hidden and will sneak up on you if you don’t watch out. Like most scary monsters, it can be a little intimidating, but have no fear.

Best With: 
The roasted and burnt malt notes of stout and its typical hearty nature make it an exceptional compliment to raw or steamed oysters, however stout is also at home with most chocolate or cream based desserts.
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Ballast Point Victory at Sea Coffee Vanilla Imperial Porter

Product - Ballast Point Victory at Sea Coffee Vanilla Imperial Porter
Brewed By: 
Ballast Point
Self-Defined Style: 
Coffee Vanilla Imperial Porter
Strength (ABV): 
10.0% ABV
Best With: 
Porter is an excellent accompaniment to shellfish, particularly steamed oysters and clams. Robust porter and Baltic porter pairs extremely well with chocolate and cream based desserts.
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Bell's 25th Anniversary Ale

Product - Bell's 25th Anniversary Ale
Brewed By: 
Bell's Brewery, Inc.
Self-Defined Style: 
Imperial IPA
Strength (ABV): 
8.5% ABV

Celebrating 25 years of brewing, this strong amber ale carries on our tradition of flavorful, balanced beers. Brewed with 100% Michigan-grown barley, 25th Anniversary Ale starts with caramel & light toffee flavors. These are paired with generous kettle & dry-hop additions, yielding a crisp, assertive bitterness and hop flavors ranging from citrus, floral, and piney notes.

Best With: 
With a bold emphasis on hop bitterness, India pale ales are the ultimate beverage pairing for spicy dishes. The sharp hop presence in most India pale ales can stand up to even the most devilish of spices in Cajun, Malaysian, Japanese, Indian, and Mexican cuisine.
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Bell's Christmas Ale

Product - Bell's Christmas Ale
Brewed By: 
Bell's Brewery, Inc.
Self-Defined Style: 
Scotch Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.8% ABV

The basic inspiration for Bell's Christmas Ale was to create a sessionable holiday beer, using locally grown malt, which would stand apart from the array of spiced winter warmers that are typically introduced this time of year. In contrast to many other seasonals, Christmas Ale doesn't contain any spices: all of the dry, toasted notes & subtle toffee flavors come from the 100% Michigan-grown barley, custom malted by Briess Malting, while a blend of hops from Michigan & the Pacific Northwest lend earthy, herbal aromas.

Best With: 
The robust maltiness of Scottish ales really brings out the flavor of game birds such as pheasant or quail, and works exceptionally well with lamb and roast pork.
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Bell's Hell Hath No Fury ... Ale

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Brewed By: 
Bell's Brewery, Inc.
Self-Defined Style: 
Abbey Dubbel
Strength (ABV): 
7.7% ABV

Originally conceived along the lines of a Belgian Dubbel, Hell Hath No Fury... Ale morphed during development into something entirely different. Blending a pair of Belgian abbey-style yeasts into a recipe more akin to a roasty stout, Hell Hath No Fury... Ale offers up warm, roasted notes of coffee & dark chocolate together with the fruity & clove-like aromas.

Best With: 
Generally speaking, Belgian ale is a gastronomic miracle. The delicate spicy and fruity nature of these ales, accentuated by the distinctive Belgian yeast strains, pairs beautifully with lamb, mussels, and semi-soft cheeses such as gouda, havarti, and tilsit.
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Bell's Java Stout

Product - Bell's Java Stout
Brewed By: 
Bell's Brewery, Inc.
Self-Defined Style: 
Coffee Stout
Strength (ABV): 
7.5% ABV

The satisfying elements of both stout and coffee come together in this full-bodied treat. A marriage of Sumatra's best with rich chocolate and roasted malt provides for a truly enlightening beer

Best With: 
The roasted and burnt malt notes of stout and its typical hearty nature make it an exceptional compliment to raw or steamed oysters, however stout is also at home with most chocolate or cream based desserts.
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Bell's Kalamazoo Stout

Bell's Kalamazoo
Brewed By: 
Bell's Brewery, Inc.
Self-Defined Style: 
American Stout
Strength (ABV): 
6.0% ABV
Color (SRM): 
43º L

Kalamazoo Stout represents stouts in the Bell's year-round roster, offering a blend of dark chocolate and coffee flavors with just a hint of brewer's licorice. One of our oldest recipes, it balances a significant hop presence against the roast malt body.

Commonly asked trivia

•The brewer's licorice we use is gelatin-free, making it acceptable for vegetarians.
•The label comes from a series of portraits by a local artist.

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Bell's Porter

Product - Bell's Porter
Brewed By: 
Bell's Brewery, Inc.
Self-Defined Style: 
Porter
Strength (ABV): 
5.6% ABV
Color (SRM): 
40º L

A robust porter for all occasions. A blend of dark malts give this beer flavors of coffee and chocolate with subtle roasted notes.

Awards: 
Gold medal winner - Brown Porter category - Brewers Association World Beer Cup - 2008
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Bell's Sparkling Ale

Product - Bell's Sparkling Ale
Brewed By: 
Bell's Brewery, Inc.
Self-Defined Style: 
Abbey Tripel
Strength (ABV): 
9.0% ABV

Sparkling Ale is an American Triple, fermented with both Trappist and Belgian yeast. The result is a golden, malty ale, high in alcohol with a fruity nose, a rich ester profile and tart finish.

Best With: 
Generally speaking, Belgian ale is a gastronomic miracle. The delicate spicy and fruity nature of these ales, accentuated by the distinctive Belgian yeast strains, pairs beautifully with lamb, mussels, and semi-soft cheeses such as gouda, havarti, and tilsit.
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Bell's Special Double Cream Stout

Product - Bell's Special Double Cream Stout
Brewed By: 
Bell's Brewery, Inc.
Self-Defined Style: 
Double Cream Stout
Strength (ABV): 
6.1% ABV

Sweeter and smoother than Kalamazoo Stout. A beer for special winter occasions. Great with chocolate desserts.

Best With: 
The roasted and burnt malt notes of stout and its typical hearty nature make it an exceptional compliment to raw or steamed oysters, however stout is also at home with most chocolate or cream based desserts.
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Boulevard Long Strange Tripel

Product - Boulevard Long Strange Tripel
Brewed By: 
Boulevard
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian Style Triple
Strength (ABV): 
9.0% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
23 IBU

Lately it occurs to us that if, back in 1989, you planned on starting a brewery in the back of your carpentry shop, you'd been wise to seek out someone like Harold “Trip” Hogue. A collector of ancient Volvos, Trip was well qualified for the make-do engineering required to coax recalcitrant equipment out of retirement and into making the first Boulevard beers. Today, he is our longest-tenured employee. We offer this rich, golden Tripel in grateful tribute to dedication, everywhere.

SENSORY PROFILE:

Best With: 
Fruit chutney, Thai food
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Breckenridge Vanilla Porter

Product - Breckenridge Vanilla Porter
Brewed By: 
Breckenridge
Self-Defined Style: 
Herb and Spice Beer
Strength (ABV): 
4.7% ABV

Who would have thought deep in the jungles of Papua New Guinea and Madagascar grew the perfect ingredient to build an extraordinary Porter in Colorado? An ale that has all the chocolate and roasted nut flavor of a classic Porter, with an enigmatic surprise thrown in for good measure, real vanilla bean. Breckenridge Brewery's Vanilla Porter. A vanilla kiss in a rich, dark sea.

Best With: 
See recipe for Vanilla Porter Milkshake on BreckenridgeBrewery.com.
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BrewDog Paradox Isle of Arran

Product - BrewDog Paradox Isle of Arran (Batch 016)
Brewed By: 
BrewDog
Self-Defined Style: 
Imperial Stout
Strength (ABV): 
10.0% ABV

Paradox Isle of Arran = Stout Aged in Isle of Arran Whisky Barrels - This Imperial stout has been matured in specially selected Islay Malt Whisky Casks. The aging process infuses into the beer all the threatening smoke, the encapsulating peat, the Atlantic essence and raw power of Scotland’s most distinctive Whiskies.

Best With: 
The roasted and burnt malt notes of stout and its typical hearty nature make it an exceptional compliment to raw or steamed oysters, however stout is also at home with most chocolate or cream based desserts.
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Brooklyn Main Engine Start

Product - Brooklyn Main Engine Start
Brewed By: 
Brooklyn
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian Ale
Strength (ABV): 
6.2% ABV

We know what you’re thinking. You think we’ve lost our minds. “Main Engine Start”? That’s okay – no worries – but actually we haven’t lost anything at all. We just gained a new brewery here in Brooklyn. A few months ago, we busted through the brewhouse wall into another building and expanded our fermentation cellars. Now we’ve just finished installing a big shiny new set of German brewhouse equipment. Over the coming years, we’re going to brew you a lot of fun new beers on this baby.

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Generally speaking, Belgian ale is a gastronomic miracle. The delicate spicy and fruity nature of these ales, accentuated by the distinctive Belgian yeast strains, pairs beautifully with lamb, mussels, and semi-soft cheeses such as gouda, havarti, and tilsit.
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Brooklyn Lager

Product - Brooklyn Lager
Brewed By: 
Brooklyn
Self-Defined Style: 
American Amber Lager
Strength (ABV): 
5.2% ABV

The award-winning Brooklyn Lager is amber-gold in color, and displays a firm malt center supported by a fine bitterness and floral hop aroma. Caramel malts show in the finish. The aromatic qualities of the beer are enhanced by "dry-hopping," the centuries-old practice of steeping the beer with fresh hops as it undergoes a long, cold maturation. The result is a wonderfully flavorful beer, smooth, refreshing and very versatile with food.

Best With: 
From the most modest picnics to the country's finest restaurants, Brooklyn Lager is enjoyed with everything from salads to steaks. Brooklyn Lager is at home with pizza, burgers, Mexican food, roasted chicken, barbecue, fried fish, pork, and Chinese dishes. In Denmark, people are enjoying it with pickled herring, in Japan they've been enjoying it with sushi for years, and in England people find it a fine accompaniment to classic fish and chips.
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Brooklyn Post Road Pumpkin Ale

Product - Brooklyn Post Road
Brewed By: 
Brooklyn
Self-Defined Style: 
Pumpkin Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.0% ABV

Blended with barley malt, pumpkins became a commonly used beer ingredient by Early American Colonialists seeking natural ingredients for brewing ales. Post Road Pumpkin Ale is orange amber in color, with a warm pumpkin aroma, a biscuity malt center, and a crisp finish.

Best With: 
Post Road Pumpkin Ale is the perfect beer for holiday dining.
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Brooklyn Sorachi Ace

Product - Brooklyn Sorachi Ace
Brewed By: 
Brooklyn
Self-Defined Style: 
Saison
Strength (ABV): 
7.5% ABV

Every two months Brewmaster Garrett Oliver and company turn out a new and inventive beer. We call these draft-only releases our Brewmaster’s Reserve. The latest batch goes by the name of Sorachi Ace. Here’s what Garrett has to say about it: Most Brooklyn beers are made with a blend of hop varietals. As a chef does with spices, we look to get the best qualities of each hop and create a harmony of flavors and aromas. However, a few years ago, we ran into a hop unique enough to deserve its own moment in the sun.

Best With: 
Generally speaking, Belgian ale is a gastronomic miracle. The delicate spicy and fruity nature of these ales, accentuated by the distinctive Belgian yeast strains, pairs beautifully with lamb, mussels, and semi-soft cheeses such as gouda, havarti, and tilsit.
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Brooklyner-Schneider Hopfen-Weisse

Product - Brooklyner-Schneider Hopfen-Weisse
Brewed By: 
Brooklyn
Self-Defined Style: 
Dry-hopped Weizenbock
Strength (ABV): 
8.5% ABV

This brew is the result of the long friendship of Brooklyn brewmaster Garrett Oliver and Schneider brewmaster Hans-Peter Drexler. Garrett had always admired the delicate balance of flavors in Schneider Weisse, while Hans-Peter had long enjoyed the effusive hop character of Brooklyn East India Pale Ale and BLAST! Garrett’s concept for the collaboration was that each brewmaster would brew essentially the same pale, hoppy weissbock in the other’s brewery, but with different hopping to reflect the local hop flavor.

Dry-hopped with American Amarillo and Palisade hop varieties.

Best With: 
"I think a perfect thing for it would be salmon done in a Thai curry sauce…not something really, really spicy, but a little bit spicy so you have the classic pairing of a little bit of hop bitterness together with all the kind of tropical aromas that you have going on there, the mango, pineapple, and banana aromas." - Garrett Oliver, Brewmaster
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Butternuts Heinnieweisse

Product - Butternuts Heinnieweisse
Brewed By: 
Butternuts
Self-Defined Style: 
Weissebier
Strength (ABV): 
4.9% ABV

Traditional Hefeweizen from Germany usually taste like cardboard because by the time you drink them, they're not fresh anymore. Chuck brews Heinnieweisse with Bavarian yeast and a 67% wheat grist approximately 5000 miles closer to your mouth than Germany giving it a rich, fully fresh palate. Pour it and see the wheat cloudiness, smell the notes of estery aroma. At 4.9 % abv you’ll taste the effervescent, sweet yet tart freshness that no farty old German can boast. And what does an Alien have to do with any of this? Ever notice how a hop looks like an Alien's head? Look again.

Best With: 
This excellent unfiltered wheat pairs beautifully with sausage, pretzels with mustard, vegetable pate, Crab Lois and is perfect for brunch.
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Butternuts Moo Thunder

Product - Butternuts Moo Thunder
Brewed By: 
Butternuts
Self-Defined Style: 
Milk Stout
Strength (ABV): 
4.5% ABV

This stout beer pays tribute to the Butternuts Brewery's former life as a dairy farm, thus the sexy cow on the can. It's a lighter, more drinkable version of the Stout breed than its heavy, boorish and smelly European sisters. Not too strong, not too viscous (oooh...viscous...creepy). Unlike a true bovine it has a malty, roasty aroma and a dry finish but no tail or teats, and leaves no unsightly cow pies laying around the yard for you to step in. On a personal note, the rich, dark color and bossy character goes beautifully on a crisp, colorful fall day up here in the Butternut Valley.

Best With: 
This stout harmonizes with charred or blackened meat and fish, as well as lighter chocolate or cream based desserts. With oysters on the half shell, Moo Thunder is simply perfect.
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Butternuts Porkslap

Product - Butternuts Porkslap
Brewed By: 
Butternuts
Self-Defined Style: 
Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
4.3% ABV

Porkslap Pale Ale is brewed with 2 row North American barley and English crystal malt. The beer is flavored with crystal hop and a touch of fresh ginger to create a distinct flavor only a porkslapper can love. At 4.3% abv this beer is designed to have a good ale flavor and a crisp mild finish.

Deep amber to red in color, nice clarity, and displaying a thin collar of rich foam. Rich, smooth and dry, with a floral bouquet and hints of ginger and spice.

Best With: 
This American pale ale's fragrant bouquet and spicy flavor lend to this beer's ideal match with generously spiced foods such as Southern barbeque, wasabi crusted Japanese dishes, and curry based Indian dishes. This beer is also the perfect complement to grilled meats, particularly burgers, and pizza.
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Butternuts Snapperhead

Product - Butternuts Snapperhead
Brewed By: 
Butternuts
Self-Defined Style: 
IPA
Strength (ABV): 
6.8% ABV
Best With: 
This English IPA works great with pork with vinegar and garlic, chicken with roasted coconut sauce, onions and tomato masala, Cajun prawns and duck risotto.
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Cigar City Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout

Product - Cigar City Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout
Brewed By: 
Cigar City
Self-Defined Style: 
Imperial Stout
Strength (ABV): 
11.0% ABV

In Mayan myth, Hunahpu gave cocoa to the Mayans. The base recipe is Marshal Zhukov Imperial Stout. It is aged on pasilla and ancho peppers as well as vanilla, cinnamon and cocoa nibs.

Best With: 
The roasted and burnt malt notes of stout and its typical hearty nature make it an exceptional compliment to raw or steamed oysters, however stout is also at home with most chocolate or cream based desserts.
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Clown Shoes Brown Angel

Product - CS BA
Brewed By: 
Clown Shoes
Self-Defined Style: 
Double Brown Ale
Strength (ABV): 
7.0% ABV

Brown Angel comes at you with three levels. At the heart the beer is layer upon layer of pure, delicious malt. Columbus and Amarillo hops add an intense hop presence while a final layer of East Kent Goldings delivers a delicate floral finish. This is NOT your old school brown, but a rather sexy American interpretation.

Best With: 
Brown ales typically have a mild hop presence and a subtly sweet, complex malt character that meshes beautifully with honey and tomato based barbecue sauce on all manner of grilled meats. Brown ale also shines with French onion soup, and could even work with a mild cigar.
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Clown Shoes Vampire Slayer

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Brewed By: 
Clown Shoes
Self-Defined Style: 
Russian Stout
Strength (ABV): 
11.0% ABV

Vampire Slayer will be our second anniversary beer: an 11% ABV Russian Imperial Stout with a little more sweetness and depth than Blaecorn Unidragon. This beer will be made using holy water and malt smoked locally with vampire killing stakes. It looks like I will need to purchase the holy water online. So far, four priests have been asked to perform blessings in Ipswich. Each has said, “No.”

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Cockeyed Cooper Bourbon Barrel Barley Wine

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Brewed By: 
Crooked Line
Self-Defined Style: 
Bourbon Barrel Barley Wine
Strength (ABV): 
11.1% ABV

Launch into the exquisite flavors of bourbon with splashes of vanilla. Watch for currents of dark chocolate and dried fruit. Generous amounts of hops and malts make for a smooth journey from start to finish.

Best With: 
Decadent desserts and aged cheeses make superb companions.
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Dark Horse Plead the 5th Imperial Stout

Product - Dark Horse Imperial Stout
Brewed By: 
Dark Horse
Self-Defined Style: 
Imperial Stout
Strength (ABV): 
12.0% ABV

It's big and full bodied with lots of roasted malts and blanced with heavy hops to put this imperial in a league of its own.

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Dark Horse Rod

Beer Style - Amber Ale
Brewed By: 
Dark Horse
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De Leyerth Urthel Hop-It

Product - Urthel Hop It
Brewed By: 
Urthel
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian IPA
Strength (ABV): 
9.5% ABV

Inspired by a trip to the Pacific Northwest, Urthel Brewster Hildegard has created this homage to hops in the style of American Craft Brewers. Using European hops and nothing but Pilsner malt, Hildegard has created a vibrant, hoppy, full-flavored classic.

Best With: 
The unusually pleasant hoppiness of this Belgian-style ale make it an ideal match for some spicier hearty fare such as beef chili, dry rubbed pork ribs, and heavily spiced Thai dishes.
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Dieu du Ciel Equinoxe du printemps

Product - Dieu du Ciel Equinoxe du printemps
Brewed By: 
Dieu du Ciel
Self-Defined Style: 
Maple scotch ale
Strength (ABV): 
8.0% ABV

Équinoxe du Printemps (French for "spring equinox") is the quintessential marriage of two great traditions: beer brewing in Scotland, and maple syrup production in Quebec. At the first draught, the mouth is overcome by woody, malty flavours, sustained by a discrete touch of sweetness. The aftertaste brings about the flavours of maple, which are sufficiently present to be appreciated, but never overwhelming the typical flavours of a Scotch Ale.

Best With: 
The robust maltiness of Scottish ales really brings out the flavor of game birds such as pheasant or quail, and works exceptionally well with lamb and roast pork.
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Dieu du Ciel Péché Mortel (Mortal Sin)

Product - Dieu du Ciel Péché Mortel (Mortal Sin)
Brewed By: 
Dieu du Ciel
Self-Defined Style: 
Imperial coffee stout
Strength (ABV): 
9.5% ABV

Péché Mortel (French for "Mortal Sin") is an intensely black and dense beer with very pronounced roasted flavours. Fair trade coffee is infused during the brewing process, intensifying the bitterness of the beer and giving it a powerful coffee taste. Péché mortel is brewed to be savored; we invite you to drink it in moderation.

Best With: 
The roasted and burnt malt notes of stout and its typical hearty nature make it an exceptional compliment to raw or steamed oysters, however stout is also at home with most chocolate or cream based desserts.
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Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA

Product - Dogfish Head 120 Minute Ipa
Brewed By: 
Dogfish Head
Self-Defined Style: 
Double Imperial IPA
Strength (ABV): 
18.0% ABV

Too extreme to be called beer? Brewed to a colossal 45-degree Plato, boiled for a full 2 hours while being continuously hopped with high-alpha American hops, then dry-hopped daily in the fermenter for a month & aged for another month on whole-leaf hops!!! Our 120 Minute I.P.A. is by far the biggest I.P.A. ever brewed! At 20% abv and 120 ibus you can see why we call this beer THE HOLY GRAIL for hopheads!

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A general rule of thumb with this beer is 'the spicier the better.' The impressive hop bitterness in this beer can stand up to just about any degree of spiciness in dry rubbed ribs, curry based Indian food, or wasabi spiced Japanese fare.
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Dogfish Head Bitches Brew

Product - Dogfish Head Bitches Brew
Brewed By: 
Dogfish Head
Self-Defined Style: 
Imperial Stout
Strength (ABV): 
9.0% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
38 IBU

In honor of the 40th anniversary of the original release of Bitches Brew, Miles Davis’ 1970 paradigm-shifting landmark fusion breakthrough, we’ve created our own Bitches Brew - a bold, dark beer that’s a fusion of three threads imperial stout and one thread honey beer with gesho root, a gustatory analog to Miles’ masterpiece.Featuring the album’s iconic artwork, created by the late Mati Klarwein, on its label, Dogfish Head’s Bitches Brew will be unveiled at SAVOR, An American Craft Beer & Food Experience, June 5, National Building Museum, Washington DC.

Best With: 
The roasted and burnt malt notes of stout and its typical hearty nature make it an exceptional compliment to raw or steamed oysters, however stout is also at home with most chocolate or cream based desserts.
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Dogfish Head Chicory Stout

Product - Dogfish Head Chicory Stout
Brewed By: 
Dogfish Head
Self-Defined Style: 
Stout
Strength (ABV): 
5.2% ABV

A dark beer made with a touch of roasted chicory, organic Mexican coffee, St. John's Wort, and licorice root. Brewed with whole-leaf Cascade and Fuggles hops, the grains include pale, roasted & oatmeal. Creamy, roasty, peppery, dry and chocolaty.

Best With: 
Grilled chicken, BBQ, shellfish, sushi, smoked fish and yes ... chocolate!
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Dogfish Head Hellhound On My Ale

Product - Dogfish Head Hellhound On My Ale
Brewed By: 
Dogfish Head
Self-Defined Style: 
Hoppy Ale
Strength (ABV): 
10.0% ABV
Color (SRM): 
10º L
Bitterness (IBU): 
100 IBU

2011 marks the 100th birthday of Mississippi Delta bluesman Robert Johnson who, according to legend, sold his soul down at the crossroads in a midnight bargain and changed music forever. Working again with our friends at Sony Legacy (yup, the same folks we did our Miles Davis-inspired Bitches Brew with), Dogfish Head pays tribute to this blues legend by gettin the hellhounds off his trail and into this finely-crafted ale.

Best With: 
With a bold emphasis on hop bitterness, India pale ales are the ultimate beverage pairing for spicy dishes. The sharp hop presence in most India pale ales can stand up to even the most devilish of spices in Cajun, Malaysian, Japanese, Indian, and Mexican cuisine.
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Dogfish Head Immort Ale

Product - Dogfish Head Immort
Brewed By: 
Dogfish Head
Self-Defined Style: 
Smoked/Wood Aged Amber
Strength (ABV): 
11.0% ABV

Vast in character, luscious & complex. Brewed with peat-smoked barley, this strong ale is brewed with organic juniper berries, vanilla & maple syrup. It's aged on oak and fermented with a blend of English & Belgian yeasts.

Best With: 
This beer is best enjoyed on its own as a digestif, and could be paired with a quality Cuban cigar.
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Dogfish Head My Antonia

Product - Dogfish Head My Antonia
Brewed By: 
Dogfish Head
Self-Defined Style: 
American Double / Imperial Pilsner
Strength (ABV): 
7.5% ABV

My Antonia started out as a Collaboration beer when Sam brewed it at Birra del Borgo (hope you can read Italian) outside Rome, Italy with owner/brewer Leonardo DiVencenzo in October of 2008. In 2010, we began brewing My Antonia here at Dogfish Head brewery in Delaware for U.S. distribution.

My Antonia (named after the Willa Cather read), is a continually-hopped imperial pilsner.

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Dogfish Head Poppa Skull

Product - Dogfish Head Poppa Skull
Brewed By: 
Dogfish Head
Self-Defined Style: 
Oak Aged Belgian Golden Ale
Strength (ABV): 
10.0% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
20 IBU

Poppa Skull is the reciprocation-collaboration between Dogfish Head and 3 Floyds Brewing Co. Our brothers from another out in Indiana. The first beer we did together at 3F, Popskull, was a high-gravity dark lager aged on chunks of our palo santo wood. Poppaskull is similar in abv, a sipper that will age well, also aged on wood, but very, very different in flavor and aroma.

Best With: 
Golden ale pairs beautifully with heartier fish, including salmon and tilapia, as well as grilled chicken and roasted lamb. Wood aged beers run a gamut of flavor profiles, however their typical robust alcohol content and mellow character enables them to work well with desserts or alone as digestif beers.
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Dogfish Head Squall IPA

Product - Dogfish Head Squall IPA
Brewed By: 
Dogfish Head
Self-Defined Style: 
Imperial I.P.A.
Strength (ABV): 
9.0% ABV

An unfiltered, 100% bottle-conditioned, super-pungent imperial I.P.A. clocking in at 9% ABV and dry-hopped with Palisade, Amarillo, Simcoe, Cascade, CTZ, and Willamette hops.

Best With: 
With a bold emphasis on hop bitterness, India pale ales are the ultimate beverage pairing for spicy dishes. The sharp hop presence in most India pale ales can stand up to even the most devilish of spices in Cajun, Malaysian, Japanese, Indian, and Mexican cuisine.
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Dogfish Head Ta Henket

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Brewed By: 
Dogfish Head
Self-Defined Style: 
Ancient Ale
Strength (ABV): 
4.5% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
7 IBU

For this ambitious liquid time capsule, we used ingredients and traditions plucked from Egyptian hieroglyphics.

Ta Henket is brewed with an ancient form of wheat and loaves of hearth-baked bread, and it's flavored with chamomile, dom-palm fruit and Middle Eastern herbs. To ferment this earthy ancient ale, Sam and friends traveled to Cairo, set out baited petri dishes and captured a native Egyptian saccharomyces yeast strain.

"It was the strangest picnic I've ever been on," he said.

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Dogfish Head Theobroma

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Product - Dogfish Head Theobroma
Brewed By: 
Dogfish Head
Self-Defined Style: 
Traditional Ale
Strength (ABV): 
9.0% ABV

This beer is based on chemical analysis of pottery fragments found in Honduras which revealed the earliest known alcoholic chocolate drink used by early civilizations to toast special occasions. The discovery of this beverage pushed back the earliest use of cocoa for human consumption more than 500 years to 1200 BC. As per the analysis, Dogfish Head’s Theobroma (translated into 'food of the gods') is brewed with Aztec cocoa powder and cocoa nibs (from our friends at Askinosie Chocolate), honey, chilies, and annatto (fragrant tree seeds).

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Firestone Walker Double Jack IPA

Product - Firestone Walker Double Jack IPA
Brewed By: 
Firestone Walker
Self-Defined Style: 
Double IPA
Strength (ABV): 
9.5% ABV

Double Jack IPA is our first ever Imperial IPA. It features a big malty middle to cloak the high alcohol and mouth puckering hop bitterness. Huge tangerine, grapefruit and juicy fruit aroma blossom over the herbal blue basil and malt earthiness of this aggressive beer. Best enjoyed in moderation.

Best With: 
With a bold emphasis on hop bitterness, India pale ales are the ultimate beverage pairing for spicy dishes. The sharp hop presence in most India pale ales can stand up to even the most devilish of spices in Cajun, Malaysian, Japanese, Indian, and Mexican cuisine.
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Firestone Walker Union Jack

Product - Firestone Walker Union Jack
Brewed By: 
Firestone Walker
Self-Defined Style: 
IPA
Strength (ABV): 
7.5% ABV
Color (SRM): 
8º L
Bitterness (IBU): 
72 IBU

The newest member of the Firestone family, Union Jack is the aggressive IPA that you’ve been searching for. Citrus, pineapple, and a full chewy malt profile finish clean on your palate. Over 70 IBUs and 7.5% alcohol by volume, Union Jack won’t have any problem competing with the big India Pale Ales. A beer true to its origins; deeply hopped and bolstered for a long voyage.

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Firestone Walkers Reserve (Robust Porter)

Product - Firestone Walkers Reserve (Robust Porter)
Brewed By: 
Firestone Walker
Self-Defined Style: 
Porter
Strength (ABV): 
5.9% ABV

A singularly distinctive beer that represents our finest brewing efforts, Walker’s Reserve is an elegant dark ale featuring robust flavors of espresso, caramel and bittersweet chocolate. This wood-conditioned brew employs five specialty malts along with smooth silky oats for added complexity and flavor. Gentle English Goldings and spicy American Cascade hops together lend a perfect finish to this big, bittersweet ale. Somewhere between porter and stout, this unfiltered and bottle-conditioned beer is produced in small batches for the true connoisseur.

Best With: 
Porter is an excellent accompaniment to shellfish, particularly steamed oysters and clams. Robust porter and Baltic porter pairs extremely well with chocolate and cream based desserts.
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Founders Canadian Breakfast Stout

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Brewed By: 
Founders
Self-Defined Style: 
Breakfast Stout
Strength (ABV): 
9.4% ABV
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Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout

Product - Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout
Brewed By: 
Founders
Self-Defined Style: 
Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout
Strength (ABV): 
10.0% ABV
Color (SRM): 
44º L
Bitterness (IBU): 
25 IBU

A bit of backwoods pleasure without the banjo. This stout is brewed with a hint of coffee and vanilla then aged in oak bourbon barrels. Our process ensures that strong bourbon undertones come through in the finish in every batch we brew. We recommend decanting at room temperature and best enjoyed in a brandy snifter.

Best With: 
This barrel aged stout is phenomenal with hearty, creamy desserts such as chocolate mud cake or chocolate cheesecake. Enjoy poured over fresh vanilla ice cream.
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Goose Island Big John

Product - Goose Island Big John
Brewed By: 
Goose Island
Self-Defined Style: 
Imperial Stout
Strength (ABV): 
11.5% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
60 IBU

Inspired by the epic skyline of Chicago, Goose Island’s brewers set out to craft Big John; a tall, bold slugger of a stout that stands out vividly against the little soft beers out there. Epic amounts of roasted malt and an addition of cacao nibs give Big John a massive chocolate flavor and aroma. With a body as substantial and black as the building to which it pays homage, Big John is sure to inspire a sense of awe with every sip.

Recipe Information:
Color: Slate Black
Hops: Columbus
Malts: 2-Row, Munich, Chocolate, Caramel, Roasted Barley, De-bittered Black

Serving Suggestions:

Best With: 
The roasted and burnt malt notes of stout and its typical hearty nature make it an exceptional compliment to raw or steamed oysters, however stout is also at home with most chocolate or cream based desserts.
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Goose Island Bourbon County Coffee Stout

Product - Goose Island Bourbon County Coffee Stout
Brewed By: 
Goose Island
Self-Defined Style: 
Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Coffee Stout
Strength (ABV): 
13.0% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
60 IBU

Everyday Goose Island smells the wonderful coffee roasting next to our brewery at Chicago's Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea. They put the same passion and skill into their coffee as Goose Island does with its beer. This excellent stout is made with Black Cat Espresso beans from our friends next door. You'll like the combination.

Cellaring Notes: Develops in the bottle up to 5 years

Color: Midnight
Hops: Willamette
Malt: 2-Row, Munich, Chocolate, Caramel, Roast Barley, Debittered Black
Coffee: Intelligentsia Black Cat Espresso

Serving Suggestions:
Preferred Glass: Snifter

Best With: 
Flourless Chocolate Coffee Cake, Capriole Bourbon Chocolate Torte
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Goose Island Pepe Nero

Substyle - Belgian-Style Saison
Brewed By: 
Goose Island
Self-Defined Style: 
Black Rye Saison
Strength (ABV): 
6.0% ABV

A black rye saison that combines a roasted/smoky malt character in balance with a pepper spice from the yeast. Finishes dry with a refreshing level of carbonation.

Best With: 
Generally speaking, Belgian ale is a gastronomic miracle. The delicate spicy and fruity nature of these ales, accentuated by the distinctive Belgian yeast strains, pairs beautifully with lamb, mussels, and semi-soft cheeses such as gouda, havarti, and tilsit.
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Great Divide 16th Anniversary Wood Aged Double IPA

Product - Great Divide 16th Anniversay Wood Aged Double IPA
Brewed By: 
Great Divide
Self-Defined Style: 
Double IPA
Strength (ABV): 
10.0% ABV

Based on our most award-winning beer, this copper-hued treat is a celebration of everything Great Divide does best. Plenty of malty sweetness provides a backdrop for earthy, floral English and American hops, while French and American oak round off the edges and provide a touch of vanilla. Thanks to everyone who's supported us for the last 16 years - here’s to 16 more! 10.0% ABV.

Best With: 
Bacon & blue cheese hamburger, barbecue ribs, Point Reyes blue cheese, sticky toffee pudding, caramel cheesecake.
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Great Divide Belgian Style Yeti Imperial Stout

Product - Great Divide Belgian Yeti Stout
Brewed By: 
Great Divide
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian Imperial Stout
Strength (ABV): 
9.5% ABV

Great Divide's Yeti Imperial Stout brewed with a Belgian yeast.

Great Divide's Yeti Imperial Stout is an onslaught of the senses. An almost viscous, inky-black brew, Yeti opens with a massive, roasty, chocolate, coffee malt flavor that eventually gives way to rich toffee and burnt caramel notes. Packed with an enormous quantity of American hops, Yeti's hop profile reveals a slightly citrusy, piney, and wonderfully dry hoppy finish. 75 International Bittering Units (IBUs).

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Great Divide Espresso Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout

Product - Great Divide Espresso Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout
Brewed By: 
Great Divide
Self-Defined Style: 
American Double / Imperial Stout
Strength (ABV): 
9.5% ABV

Espresso Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout is a new addition to the Yeti clan. A generous infusion of Denver’s own Pablo’s espresso adds yet another layer of complexity to this beer, combining with the vanilla oak character, intense roasty maltiness and bold hop profile to create a whole new breed of mythical creature. It’s official, you can now have Yeti with breakfast.

Best With: 
Breakfast burrito, eggs Benedict, hash browns, cheesecake, creme brulee.
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Great Divide Hibernation Ale

Product - Great Divide Hibernation Ale
Brewed By: 
Great Divide
Self-Defined Style: 
Strong Ale
Strength (ABV): 
8.1% ABV

We cellar Hibernation until late October, when it reaches the peak of perfection. This lengthy aging process gives Hibernation its revered malty richness, complex hop profile and hearty warming character, which is perfect right out of the bottle or cellared for longer periods of time. Hibernation is a lively treat that really beats the winter chill. This scrumptious, collectible, and imminently cellarable ale is only available for six weeks each year, from November 1 to December 15. Hibernation Ale is the perfect gift or accompaniment to your winter festivities.

Best With: 
Romano - a four-year aged, hard Dutch cow's milk cheese, with a nutty, toffee-like sweetness, and Mimolette - a nutty, sweet, gouda-like French cow's milk cheese.
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Great Divide Old Ruffian

Product - Great Divide Old Ruffian
Brewed By: 
Great Divide
Self-Defined Style: 
Barley Wine
Strength (ABV): 
10.2% ABV

Old Ruffian is a hefty, hop-forward Barley Wine. Seemingly mellow at first sniff, with its subtle fruit aromas and complex caramel sweetness, this deep mahogany-hued ale quickly shows its true character marked by bold hop flavors and massive hop bitterness. Old Ruffian's rich, slightly creamy, caramel malt mouth feel balances its grapefruit, pine, and floral hop flavors, working wonders on your palate.

Best With: 
We savor Old Ruffian Barley Wine with Stilton, a creamy, rich, British blue cheese, served with walnuts and dried figs or dried tart cherries.
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Great Divide Smoked Baltic Porter

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Brewed By: 
Great Divide
Self-Defined Style: 
Smoked Baltic Porter
Strength (ABV): 
6.2% ABV

Smoked Baltic Porter is the sultry sister of a storied style. Brewed with traditional German malts and hops, this dark lager gets its special twist from a hefty addition of Bamberg smoked malt. This smoldering, medium-bodied lager is sure to please.

The hearty, smoky character of these beers makes them exceptional food beers. They pair beautifully with all manner of smoked meats, cheeses, and fish, and will impart a delicate smokiness into non-smoked foods.

Best With: 
Porter is an excellent accompaniment to shellfish, particularly steamed oysters and clams. Robust porter and Baltic porter pairs extremely well with chocolate and cream based desserts.
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Great Lakes Christmas Ale

Product - Great Lakes Christmas Ale
Brewed By: 
Great Lakes
Self-Defined Style: 
Holiday Ale Brewed with Honey and Spices
Strength (ABV): 
7.5% ABV
Color (SRM): 
10º L
Bitterness (IBU): 
40 IBU

A holiday ale brewed with honey and spiced with fresh ginger and cinnamon. In the spirit of the giving season, this special brew is crafted to be the perfect holiday gift. Style origin: A robust style of beer made with spices to celebrate the festive season.

Best With: 
This festive brew is a perfect addition to big holiday feasts and goes particularly well with the fruit cakes and breads of the season.
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Great Lakes Nosferatu

Product - Great Lakes Nosferatu
Brewed By: 
Great Lakes
Self-Defined Style: 
Stock Ale
Strength (ABV): 
8.0% ABV
Color (SRM): 
12º L
Bitterness (IBU): 
75 IBU

Highly hopped stock ale rich with flavor, yet remarkably balanced. Named after the notorious German vampire from the 1920s film era. Style origin: A strong red ale brewed with North American hops and cascades.

Best With: 
Red meats, strong cheeses and spicy dishes.
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Haandbryggeriet Dark Force

Product - Haandbryggeriet Dark Force
Brewed By: 
Haandbryggeriet
Self-Defined Style: 
Imperial Stout
Strength (ABV): 
9.0% ABV
Color (SRM): 
45º L
Bitterness (IBU): 
65 IBU

Dark Force is as far as we know the only wheat stout in the universe. This is a true wheat beer made from mainly wheat malt and lots of dark roasted malts, our house wheat yeast and plenty of both bittering and aroma hops to create this unique and tasty beer.

Serving temp: 10-14C or 50-59F

Best With: 
Dark Force Goes very well with sweet deserts and bitter chocolate or just nipping to it in front of the fireplace.
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Haandbryggeriet Norwegian Wood

Product - Haandbryggeriet Norwegian Wood
Brewed By: 
Haandbryggeriet
Self-Defined Style: 
Juniper Ale
Strength (ABV): 
6.5% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
35 IBU

Norwegian Wood is our recreation of the most traditional Norwegian beer of all. Once every farm was required to brew its own ale(and many still do), all of that ale had a natural smoky taste from kilning the malt over open fire, and most of it was spiced with juniper twigs and berries.

Made from smoked malt, munich malt, crystal and chocolate malt.
6,5% alc, 35 ibu, 36 ebc color.

Norwegian Wood is brewed all the time (if the juniper bushes aren't covered in deep snow)
Serving temp: cellar cold 8-10C or 46-50F

Best With: 
Goes well with smoked or cured meat / serrano ham, cured sausage, roasted pork etc.
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Harviestoun Old Engine Oil

Product - Harviestoun Old Engine Oil
Brewed By: 
Harviestoun
Self-Defined Style: 
Old Ale
Strength (ABV): 
6.0% ABV

Old Engine Oil is a near-black brew with a silky-smooth rummy aroma, a coffee-like palate, and a suggestion of the darkest chocolate. It is made from pale malt, roasted barley and malted oats. Old Engine Oil is well-hopped with the sweetish variety Galena from Washington State, Worchester Fuggles and East Kent Goldings.

Best With: 
Dark ales such as this work great with steak, game birds, venison and sausages. Big cheeses like the Roquefort or Stilton would pair nicely. This beer can also be enjoyed as an aperitif.
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Harviestoun Ola Dubh

Product - Harviestoun Ola Dubh
Brewed By: 
Harviestoun
Self-Defined Style: 
Old ale matured in Highland Park Whiskey barrels
Strength (ABV): 
8.0% ABV

Ola Dubh (or ‘Black Oil’) is a collaboration between Harviestoun Brewery and Highland Park, Distiller of the Year*. It is based on Harviestoun’s award-winning Old Engine Oil. With more than a stylistic nod to the classic Imperial Porters (and Stouts) of the nineteenth century, this deliciously rich, dark, 8% a.b.v. beer is the first ale to be aged in malt whisky casks from a named distillery and, with traceable casks and numbered bottles, the rst with genuine provenance.

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HE'BREW Bittersweet Lenny's RIPA

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Self-Defined Style: 
Rye Double IPA
Strength (ABV): 
10.0% ABV

The use of rye in the grain bill for this big beer contributes a pleasant sharpness to the mouth feel, while the robust hop complexity provides substantial bitterness to balance. Brewed in honor of the late Lenny Bruce, this beer is made with an obscene amount of malt and hops.

Best With: 
A general rule of thumb with this beer is 'the spicier the better.' The impressive hop bitterness in this beer can stand up to just about any degree of spiciness in dry rubbed ribs, Cajun cuisine, curry based Indian food, or wasabi spiced Japanese fare.
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HE'BREW Jewbelation

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Self-Defined Style: 
Extreme Chanukah/Anniversary Strong Ale
Strength (ABV): 
14.0% ABV

In commemoration of every miraculous year of Shmaltz Brewing, Jewbelation is brewed with the number of malts, hops, and ABV percentage as our anniversary. Our most recent edition of Jewbelation, Jewbelation 14, was brewed with 14 malts, 14 hops, and is 14% ABV, for example. The result is an uber-complex strong ale, bursting with flavors of chocolate, espresso, raisins, and molasses. Look for Jewbelation 15 in mid-October 2011!

2010 US Beer Tasting Championships - Best Imperial Stout (Mid-Atlantic/Southeast Regions); 2010 SF Weekly "Best Christmas Beer"

Best With: 
Great as a digestif. Pairs excellently with strongly flavored meats and rich chocolate desserts. Also amazing in vanilla ice cream floats.
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HE'BREW RIPA on Rye

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Self-Defined Style: 
Barrel-aged Rye Double IPA
Strength (ABV): 
10.0% ABV

Our beloved rye double IPA, Bittersweet Lenny's RIPA, aged 4 months in Sazerac 6-year Rye Whiskey barrels. Only 2 limited batches produced.

2010 Great American Beer Festival - Silver Medal (Wood and Barrel-aged Strong Beer); 2010 Festival of Wood and Barrel-aged Beers (Chicago) - Silver Medal (Strong Pale Beer); 2010 Beverage Tasting Institute World Beer Championships Packaging Competition - Gold Medal

Awards: 
2010 Great American Beer Festival Silver Medal: Wood- and Barrel-aged Strong Beer
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HE'BREW Vertical Jewbelation

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Self-Defined Style: 
A Blend of 7 Different Barrel-Aged Recipes of Jewbelation
Strength (ABV): 
10.5% ABV

In 2010 we rebrewed every recipe of Jewbelation, our Extreme Chanukah/Anniversary Ale. We then aged each recipe to-date - Jewbelations 8-14 - in Sazerac 6-year Rye Whiskey barrels and blended them. The result is "Vertical Jewbelation," a truly unique and delicious journey through 14 year of Shmaltz!

2010 World Beer Championships - Gold Medal

Best With: 
Wood-aged beers run a gamut of flavor profiles, however their typical robust alcohol content and mellow character enables them to work well with desserts or alone as digestif beers. Dark chocolate and its various incarnations are highly recommended.
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Hitachino Nest XH

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Brewed By: 
Hitachino
Strength (ABV): 
7.0% ABV
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Hoppin' Frog BORIS The Crusher

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Brewed By: 
Hoppin' Frog
Self-Defined Style: 
Oatmeal Russian Imperial Stout
Strength (ABV): 
9.4% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
60 IBU

This Bodacious Oatmeal Russian Imperial Stout will crush you like no other! This is the grand-daddy of all stout styles, with an intensely deep roasted and full bodied flavor. A robust hop character adds a refreshing balance.

Best With: 
The roasted and burnt malt notes of stout and its typical hearty nature make it an exceptional compliment to raw or steamed oysters, however stout is also at home with most chocolate or cream based desserts.
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Jolly Pumpkin Bam Bière

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Brewed By: 
Jolly Pumpkin
Self-Defined Style: 
Farmhouse Ale
Strength (ABV): 
4.5% ABV

An artisan farmhouse ale that is golden, naturally cloudy, bottle conditioned and dry hopped for a perfectly refreshing balance of spicy malts, hops and yeast.

Best With: 
This beer is a miracle with food. Enjoy it with salmon steaks, Thai food, spicy Mexican dishes, Vietnamese food, steaks, Cajun dishes, and well aged Gouda cheese.
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Jolly Pumpkin La Roja

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Brewed By: 
Jolly Pumpkin
Self-Defined Style: 
Artisan Amber Ale
Strength (ABV): 
7.2% ABV

An artisan amber ale brewed in the Flanders tradition. Deep amber with earthy caramel, spice, and sour fruit notes developed through natural barrel aging. Unfiltered, unpasteurized and blended from barrels ranging in age from two to ten months.

Best With: 
The strong carbonation of this blond would lift the oils from a rosemary salmon, leaving the flavors to mesh and melt on the palate.
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Jolly Pumpkin Noel de Calabaza

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Brewed By: 
Jolly Pumpkin
Self-Defined Style: 
Barrel Aged Belgian Christmas Ale
Strength (ABV): 
9.0% ABV

Belgian Christmas ale aged in oak barrels. Deep mahogany and malty, layered hops, figs, raisins, sugar plums, cashews betwixt rum laden truffles.

Best With: 
Wood aged beers run a gamut of flavor profiles, however their typical robust alcohol content and mellow character enables them to work well with desserts or alone as digestif beers.
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Lagunitas Brown Shugga

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Brewed By: 
Lagunitas
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Lagunitas Cappuccino Stout

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Brewed By: 
Lagunitas
Self-Defined Style: 
Cappuccino Stout
Strength (ABV): 
7.9% ABV

This one has a dark brown color with a medium beige head. Aroma is dominated by a light roast, some chocolate, and medium coffee with cream. Flavor has a good deal of creamy coffee with a nutty roast and chocolate in the background.

Autumn Seasonal Release

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Lagunitas Gnarleywine

Product - Lagunitas Gnarleywine
Brewed By: 
Lagunitas
Self-Defined Style: 
Barley Wine
Strength (ABV): 
11.0% ABV

The Annual release of our BarleyWine... This is Surely Not a Beer for the Designated Driver.

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Lagunitas Imperial Red

Product - Lagunitas Imperial Red
Brewed By: 
Lagunitas
Self-Defined Style: 
American Strong Ale
Strength (ABV): 
7.8% ABV

Big on the spicy, skunky hops, bigger on the rich red malt. A variation of our original 1993 "Lagunitas Red". Still in the handy 6-pack carriers for your enjoyment.

Approx. Release – August 2009

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Lagunitas Little Sumpin' Sumpin' Ale

Product - Lagunitas A Little Sumpin' Sumpin' Ale
Brewed By: 
Lagunitas
Self-Defined Style: 
American Wheat Beer
Strength (ABV): 
7.7% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
64 IBU

Way smooth and silky with a nice wheaty-esque-ish-ness. Just the little sumpin' sumpin' we all need to kick Summer into full swing!

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Lagunitas Lucky 13

Product - Lagunitas Lucky 13
Brewed By: 
Lagunitas
Self-Defined Style: 
American Strong Ale
Strength (ABV): 
8.3% ABV

Lucky 13 pours red with an orange tint and foamy, off-white head that diminishes slowly. The initial flavor includes combinations of caramel, citrus, and plenty of sweet malt. Flavor shifts to be dominated by the hops with its medium body, light carbonation, and lots of warming from the alcohol.

ABV 8.3% Special Seasonal Release

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Lagunitas SUCKS Holiday Ale (A Brown Shugga Replacement)

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Brewed By: 
Lagunitas
Self-Defined Style: 
Holiday Ale
Strength (ABV): 
7.6% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
63 IBU

This sad holiday season we didn’t have the brewing capacity to make our favorite seasonal brew, the widely feard BrownShugga’ Ale. So this substitute beer is a ‘Cereal Medley’ of Barley, Rye, Wheat, and Oats…. Full of complexishness from the 4 grains, and weighing in at 7.6% abv, Then joyously dry-hopped for that big aroma and resinous hop flavor.

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Lancaster Milk Stout

Product - Lancaster Milk Stout
Brewed By: 
Lancaster
Self-Defined Style: 
Milk Stout
Strength (ABV): 
5.3% ABV

We are proud to offer one of the few surviving examples of this traditional English style sweet stout. A bold, dark ale, bursting with roasted barley dryness and mellowed by hints of chocolate and coffee.

Best With: 
Try this stout blended with Lancaster's Strawberry Wheat beer for an incredible strawberry malted milkshake-esque experience!
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Left Hand Milk Stout Nitro

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Brewed By: 
Left Hand Brewing
Self-Defined Style: 
Stout
Strength (ABV): 
6.0% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
25 IBU

Dark & delicious, America’s great milk stout will change your perception about what a stout can be. Pouring hard out of the bottle, Milk Stout Nitro cascades beautifully, building a tight, thick head like hard whipped cream. The aroma is of brown sugar and vanilla cream, with hints of roasted coffee. The pillowy head coats your upper lip and its creaminess entices your pallet. Initial roasty, mocha flavors rise up, with slight hop & roast bitterness in the finish. The rest is pure bliss of milk chocolate fullness.

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Lost Abbey Deliverence

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Brewed By: 
Lost Abbey
Self-Defined Style: 
Bourbon and Brandy Aged Beer
Strength (ABV): 
12.5% ABV
Color (SRM): 
40º L

A blend of bourbon barrel-aged Serpent’s Stout and brandy barrel-aged Angels Share, Deliverance is the epic battle being waged between heaven and hell for the souls of mortal men… and your enjoyment in a glass.
Aroma – The expressive fight for souls on earth begins with molasses and raisins clashing for supremacy. There’s a struggle between licorice and caramel to see which will support with a dash of cocoa exuding as well.

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Lost Abbey Serpent's Stout

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Brewed By: 
Lost Abbey
Self-Defined Style: 
Imperial Stout
Strength (ABV): 
10.5% ABV
Color (SRM): 
42º L

The history of the bible and religion is indeed the struggle of good vs. evil. Our Serpent’s Stout recognizes the evil of the dark side that we all struggle with.
This is a massively thick and opaque beer that begs the saints to join the sinners in their path to a black existence.
Tasting Notes:
Pours dark and thick, with a creamy mocha-colored head and aromas of roasted malts, dark chocolate and french roast coffee.

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Meantime London Porter

Substyle - Brown Porter
Brewed By: 
Meantime
Self-Defined Style: 
Porter
Strength (ABV): 
7.0% ABV
Best With: 
This porter is a great accompaniment to a wide array of Mexican dishes, burgers, steaks, sausages, ham, smoky flavors and chocolate desserts.
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Mikkeller Black

Product - Mikkeller Black
Brewed By: 
Mikkeller
Self-Defined Style: 
Imperial Stout
Strength (ABV): 
17.5% ABV

Brewed at De Proef Brouwerij, Lochristi-Hijfte, Belgium.

The strongest beer in Scandinavia. This imperial stout is the craziest, wildest, strongest beer from Mikkeller to this date. Not for sissies.......! Sample it fresh or store it for many meny years to come!

Ingredients :
Water, malt, roasted barley, dark cassonade, ale yeast and champagne yeast.

Best With: 
The roasted and burnt malt notes of stout and its typical hearty nature make it an exceptional compliment to raw or steamed oysters, however stout is also at home with most chocolate or cream based desserts.
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Mikkeller From/To

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Brewed By: 
Mikkeller
Self-Defined Style: 
Baltic Porter
Strength (ABV): 
8.0% ABV

Brewed at De Proef Brouwerij, Lochristi-Hijfte, Belgium.

The second Christmas porter from Mikkeller. A spiced porter with fine malt background and lovely hop aroma and flavor. The label is designed as a ‘From To’ card – fill in the names and put the bottle under the Christmas tree. The perfect Christmas gift for the lazy man/woman!

Ingredients:
Water, malt (pale, smoked, cara-crystal, brown and chocolate), roasted barley, dark cassonade, hops (amarillo, saaz and cascade), spices (star anise, clove, cinnamon and coriander seeds) and yeast.

Best With: 
Porter is an excellent accompaniment to shellfish, particularly steamed oysters and clams. Robust porter and Baltic porter pairs extremely well with chocolate and cream based desserts.
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Mikkeller Rauch Geek Breakfast

Product - Mikkeller Rauch Geek Breakfast
Brewed By: 
Mikkeller
Self-Defined Style: 
Smoked Oatmeal Stout
Strength (ABV): 
7.5% ABV

A smoked version of Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast Stout. This beer is also known as Mikkeller Beer Geek Bacon.

Ask any beer geek . . . . a hearty, complex stout is the tastiest way to begin the day. This unique mix of an oat and coffee stout creates an intense, full-bodied beer that is surprisingly balanced and full of new taste adventures with every sip.

Best With: 
The hearty, smoky character of these beers makes them exceptional food beers. They pair beautifully with all manner of smoked meats, cheeses, and fish, and will impart a delicate smokiness into non-smoked foods.
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New Belgium Fat Tire

Product - New Belgium Fat Tire
Brewed By: 
New Belgium
Self-Defined Style: 
Amber Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.2% ABV
Color (SRM): 
12º L

Named in honor of our founder Jeff's bike trip through Belgium, Fat Tire Amber Ale marks a turning point in the young electrical engineer's home brewing. Belgian beers use a far broader pallet of ingredients (fruits, spices, esoteric yeast strains) than German or English styles. Jeff found the Belgian approach freeing. Upon his return, Jeff created Fat Tire and Abbey Belgian Ale, (assuming Abbey would be his big gun). He and his wife, Kim traveled around sampling their homebrews to the public. Fat Tire's appeal quickly became evident. People liked everything about it. Except the name.

Best With: 
Chef Todd Davies, Partner of Tap House Grill, recommends fontina stuffed banana peppers with smoked chicken, fennel sausage, corn flan, and tomato fonduta. Spicy banana peppers cut the sweet malts, as the stuffing of the sweet hickory smoked chicken and fennel scented sausage complement, the fontina adds a pepperey element, complimenting the hops. The tomato sauce, cooked with fat tire, blends and smooths the ingredients, and the sweet corn flan cuts the spice, while adding and intensifying the sweetness of the malts.
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New Belgium Mothership Wit

Product - New Belgium Mothership Wit
Brewed By: 
New Belgium
Self-Defined Style: 
Organic Wheat Beer
Strength (ABV): 
4.8% ABV

Our first venture into organically-produced beer, Mothership Wit Organic Wheat Beer elevates the zesty Wit or White beers of Belgium. Our far-flung Beer Rangers affectionately refer to our Fort Collins brewery as the Mothership, a name that conjures images of earth shot from space and the interconnectivity of it all. Mothership Wit is brewed with wheat and barley malt, as well as coriander and orange peel spicing resulting in a balance of citrus and sour flavors held in suspension by a bright burst of carbonation.

Best With: 
Lauren Salazar, our sensory magician, loves Mothership Wit with fresh goat cheese with Herbs de Provence, quiche, omelets, sausage, pesto, crab cakes.
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New Glarus ABT

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Brewed By: 
New Glarus
Self-Defined Style: 
Quadrupel
Strength (ABV): 
9.6% ABV

A few times a year we cut Dan loose to brew whatever he chooses, uncensored, uncut, unplugged. Always handcrafted, the bottle you hold is brewed for the adventurous soul. This is a very limited edition and we make no promises to ever brew this style again.

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New Glarus Black Top

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Brewed By: 
New Glarus
Self-Defined Style: 
Black IPA
Strength (ABV): 
6.9% ABV

We invite you to discover this newest beer style Black IPA. Political debate rages over the origins of this jet black beer as both coasts feel they deserve credit. Our Black Top is a pleasant road connecting Villages and Communities statewide on a ride of Black IPA discovery.

Best With: 
Steak, Mexican, Creme Brulee
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New Glarus Coffee Stout

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Brewed By: 
New Glarus
Self-Defined Style: 
Coffee Stout
Strength (ABV): 
6.3% ABV

Hearty and satisfying, our Coffee Stout is the ultimate full-bodied brew. Wisconsin water, roasted malts, and imported hops are the natural ingredients we use to brew this bier. Then cold pressed organic coffee from Just Coffee Co-op is infused into the brew.

Expect this bier to pour a deep creamy head over an ebony rich body. Notice the powerful malt bouquet balanced by a spectrum of extravagant flavor. Served at room temperature this Wisconsin Coffee Stout is guaranteed to warm even the coldest heart

Best With: 
Flourless Chocolate Cake, Pork Roast, Venison
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New Glarus Dancing Man Wheat

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Brewed By: 
New Glarus
Self-Defined Style: 
Hefeweizen
Strength (ABV): 
7.2% ABV

If you dream of wheat this brew will get your toes tapping. Since 1995 we have brewed Bavarian style wheat beers exclusively for the same great state that grows and malts our own Wisconsin wheat. In a world full of posers this is a true hefe-weizen naturally 100% bottle fermented and hazy.

Expect this beer to cascade effervescent into your glass. The rich spicy clove and cinnamon notes will greet your nose while sweet fruit and wheat kisses your lips.

Lick the foam from your mouth and admit sometimes you just gotta get up and dance.

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New Glarus Hop Hearty Ale

Product - New Glarus Hop Hearty Ale
Brewed By: 
New Glarus
Self-Defined Style: 
Wisconsin I.P.A.
Strength (ABV): 
6.2% ABV

Finally the Wisconsin I.P.A. you've been thirsten for. Brewed with the best of the Old and New World hops. Rich caramel flavors along with an intense hop aroma you won't soon forget.

Best With: 
This IPA's generous hop character makes it an ideal pairing with spicy foods such as barbecue, dry-rubbed ribs, or ethnic cuisine such as curry based Indian food, wasabi based Japanese dishes, or spicy Thai entrees.
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New Glarus Road Slush Oatmeal Stout

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Brewed By: 
New Glarus
Self-Defined Style: 
Oatmeal Stout
Strength (ABV): 
6.2% ABV

This dark stout is a hearty and satisfying reward for those of us who embrace the frozen tundra. Uncut oatmeal fresh from Chilton, Wisconsin gives this stout a "sink into it" smoothness that slides you into its depth. Handcrafted English Chocolate malt and Wisconsin Victory malt combine to balance this robust ale. Expect this ale to pour a luxurious head over a rich black ruby body. The powerful malt bouquet will greet you as you tip this silky smoothness from your glass. Our Oatmeal Stout is handcrafted in the time honored traditions.

Best With: 
Terrific with steak, red meats, and wild game. Also, enjoy with creamy desserts.
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New Holland Black Mad Hatter

Product - New Holland Black Hatter
Brewed By: 
New Holland
Self-Defined Style: 
Black IPA
Strength (ABV): 
5.5% ABV

I.P.A. brewed with black malts which add dark, roasted flavors. Dry-hopped Centennial finish.

Best With: 
With a bold emphasis on hop bitterness, India pale ales are the ultimate beverage pairing for spicy dishes. The sharp hop presence in most India pale ales can stand up to even the most devilish of spices in Cajun, Malaysian, Japanese, Indian, and Mexican cuisine.
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New Holland Hopivore

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Brewed By: 
New Holland
Self-Defined Style: 
Wet-Hopped Harvest Ale
Strength (ABV): 
6.0% ABV

100 % of the hops in 2011 Hopivore were sourced through the Michigan Hop Alliance. Hopivore features Cascade and Brewer’s Gold hops from the Leelanau Peninsula. The hot and dry weather this year helped create productive and flavorful alpha and beta acids in these maturing vines, which are in their third and fourth season.

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New Holland Mad Hatter

Substyle - American-Style India Pale Ale
Brewed By: 
New Holland
Self-Defined Style: 
India Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
6.0% ABV
Best With: 
This IPA's generous hop character makes it an ideal pairing with spicy foods such as barbecue, dry-rubbed ribs, or ethnic cuisine such as curry based Indian food, wasabi based Japanese dishes, or spicy Thai entrees.
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New Holland The Poet

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Brewed By: 
New Holland
Self-Defined Style: 
Stout
Strength (ABV): 
5.2% ABV

Whether The Poet is beer-poetry or comfort-beer is your up to you. Whichever you choose, it is an oatmeal stout with rich, smooth malt character enveloped in tones of roast and chocolate. A soft mouth-feel brings luxurious flavors and soothing aroma.

Best With: 
Any time of year, The Poet is as versatile as it is delicious. It pairs wonderfully with earthy flavors such as mushrooms and beef, while remaining the perfect accent to any chocolate dessert.
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North Coast Brother Thelonious

Product - North Coast Brother Thelonious
Brewed By: 
North Coast
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian Style Abbey Ale
Strength (ABV): 
9.3% ABV

Like a Belgian "Dark Strong Ale", the beer is rich and robust with an ABV of 9.3%. The package is a 750 ml bottle with a traditional cork and wire finish and features a label picturing the jazz master himself.

Best With: 
This rich Belgian style ale is best with creamy cheeses, chocolate desserts, or as a digestif.
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North Coast Gran Cru

Product - North Coast Gran Cru
Brewed By: 
North Coast
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian Strong Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
12.5% ABV

North Coast Brewing’s newest premium beer, Grand Cru. Reminiscent of the brewery’s Gold Medal-winning Twentieth Anniversary Ale, North Coast Grand Cru is brewed with pilsner malt and agave nectar, then aged in oak bourbon barrels. “We’ve had a good time exploring the brewing possibilities outside of the standard beer styles,” said Mark Ruedrich, Brewmaster and President.

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North Coast Le Merle

Substyle - Belgian-Style Saison
Brewed By: 
North Coast
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian Style Saison
Strength (ABV): 
7.9% ABV

Le Merle is a rustic ale, pale in color, inspired by the rich brewing traditions of the Flanders region. Abundant hops and a Belgian yeast strain contribute exotic aromas of tropical fruit.

Best With: 
This beer is a miracle with food. Enjoy it with salmon steaks, Thai food, spicy Mexican dishes, Vietnamese food, steaks, Cajun dishes, and well aged Gouda cheese.
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Ommegang Cup o Kyndnes

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Brewed By: 
Ommegang
Self-Defined Style: 
Traditional Belgian-Style Scotch Ale
Strength (ABV): 
6.6% ABV

The Belgian-Scotch brewing connection dates to World War I, when thousands of Scotsmen spent years in Belgium. To satisfy their new customers, Belgian brewers learned to brew Scotch-style ales, and the style became a new and significant part of the Belgian brewing tradition. This fine Ommegang ale uses heather tips and a wee bit of smoked malt to bring the taste and aroma of Scotland to the forefront.

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Ommegang Gnomegang

Product - Ommegang Gnomegang
Brewed By: 
Ommegang
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian Blonde
Strength (ABV): 
9.5% ABV

This delectable blonde ale is a co-creation of two famed farmstead breweries: Brewery Ommegang and Brasserie d’Achouffe. It employs five fine malts, two noble hops, and both of the distinctive Chouffe and Ommegang yeasts. You’ll enjoy the smooth drinkability, fruity aromas and flavors, and warming finish

Best With: 
Generally speaking, Belgian ale is a gastronomic miracle. The delicate spicy and fruity nature of these ales, accentuated by the distinctive Belgian yeast strains, pairs beautifully with lamb, mussels, and semi-soft cheeses such as gouda, havarti, and tilsit.
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Ommegang Tripel Perfection

Product - Ommegang Tripel Perfection
Brewed By: 
Ommegang
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian Style Triple
Strength (ABV): 
8.9% ABV

Tripel Perfection. An audacious claim based on three years work at happily perfecting our take on a tripel. 8.9% ABV, lush aromas, full body, elegant tastes – with a hint of spicing – and a perfect body paired with lively effervescence.
The tripel is among the most popular of Belgian ales. Brewed with simple ingredients and fierce attention, there is little room for error, but plenty of opportunity. Perfection isn’t easily achieved – but once achieved it is always memorable.

Best With: 
Generally speaking, Belgian ale is a gastronomic miracle. The delicate spicy and fruity nature of these ales, accentuated by the distinctive Belgian yeast strains, pairs beautifully with lamb, mussels, and semi-soft cheeses such as gouda, havarti, and tilsit.
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Orkney Skull Splitter

Product - Orkney Skull Splitter
Brewed By: 
Orkney
Self-Defined Style: 
Wee Heavy
Strength (ABV): 
8.5% ABV

Skull Splitter is our strongest ale: which is named after Thorfinn Einarsson who was the 7th Viking Earl of Orkney. Sophisticated, satiny smooth with a deceptively light character, it is a tribute to our colourful forbear.

Appearance
A crystal-clear, rich tawny-red colour beer; a tight, smooth head with hints of red and amber colour

Aroma
Juicy, almost fruity malt character, together with a medley of fresh and dried fruits, dates and figs, hints of ginger and cinnamon spice, hints of vanilla

Palate

Best With: 
Norman Sinclair recommends drinking his Skull Splitter Ale with pâté, red meat dishes, and strong cheeses.
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Orval Trappist Ale

Product - Orval Trappist Ale
Brewed By: 
Orval
Self-Defined Style: 
Trappist Ale
Strength (ABV): 
6.9% ABV

Brewed and bottle-conditioned at Orval monastery founded in the 1100s in the pastoral Belgium countryside. Fermenting three times with three different malts and two types of hops give great character and complexity. This vintage-dated chardonnay of the beer world can be cellared up to five years. Sunset-orange color; a fruity and slightly acidic bouquet, firm body, profound hop bitterness, and long, dry finish.

Best With: 
Mild semi soft cheese, warm brown bread, fresh pears, steamed mussels, clams in Pernod cream sauce, oysters, smoked salmon and trout, and calamari. Traditionally served in Orval balloon glasses to capture the big bouquet and lovely "Belgian Lace." Excellent with a handmade cigar. Serve at 55° to 60°.
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Oskar Blues Dale's Pale Ale

Product - Oskar Blues Dales
Brewed By: 
Oskar Blues
Self-Defined Style: 
American Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
6.5% ABV

Dale's Pale Ale is our flagship beer and America's first hand-canned craft beer. It's an assertive but deftly balanced beer (somewhere between an American pale ale and an India Pale Ale) brewed with hefty amounts of European malts and American hops. It features a meringue-like head, a copper color, and a hoppy nose, thanks to a big post-boil addition of Centennial hops. To complement its hoppy first impression, Dale's also sports a rich middle of malts and hops, and a bracing finish.

Best With: 
This intense example of an American Pale Ale would have a wonderful relationship with a hearty meal of steaks, stews and chili's. Strong and sharp cheeses, like the Roquefort or Stilton would pair nicely.
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Oskar Blues Mama's Little Yella Pils

Product - Oskar Blues Mama's Little Yella Pils
Brewed By: 
Oskar Blues
Self-Defined Style: 
Pilsner
Strength (ABV): 
5.3% ABV
Color (SRM): 
4º L

Our new canned good is a delicious, small-batch version of the beer that made Pilsen, Czechoslovakia famous. Mama’s is made with hearty amounts of pale malt, German specialty malts, and traditional (Saaz) and 21st century Bavarian hops. It’s the perfect antidote for the watered-down, cornfed versions of pilsner clogging America’s shelves. Our first canned lager, it’s also fermented at cool temperatures with a German yeast. While it’s rich with Czeched-out flavor, Mama’s gentle hopping (about 35 IBUs) and low ABV (just 5.3%) makes it a luxurious but low-dose beer.

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Oskar Blues Old Chub

Product - Oskar Blues Old Chub
Brewed By: 
Oskar Blues
Self-Defined Style: 
Scottish Style Ale
Strength (ABV): 
8.0% ABV
Best With: 
This chewy Scotch ale pairs beautifully with smoked or grilled meats, particularly gamey meats such as rabbit or venison.
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Port Brewing Old Viscosity Ale

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Brewed By: 
Port Brewing
Self-Defined Style: 
American Dark Strong Ale
Strength (ABV): 
10.5% ABV

“Not your Dad’s Wimpy 30 Weight is how our original label used to describe this massive chewy and thick beer.

Code named by our brewers- "The Big Black Nasty," this is monstrous dark ale is brewed to no particular style. Thick and sludgy like oil from the crankcase of a wheat threshing combine, Old Viscosity blurs the boundaries of Porter, Stout, Old Ale and Barleywines.

A blended beer that mixes old and new brewing traditions into one finished beer, Old Viscosity starts out with 80% of the packaged beer produced from a stainless steel fermentation.

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Pyramid Haywire Hefeweizen

Product - Pyramid Hefe - 2012
Brewed By: 
Pyramid
Self-Defined Style: 
American Pale Wheat Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.2% ABV

Unfiltered – Like Life Itself

Brewed by the original Wheat Beer Pioneers, Pyramid Hefeweizen is our American take on the Bavarian classic, which is unfiltered for a very flavorful, yet remarkably refreshing taste. Pyramid Hefeweizen has won more awards than any beer in its class. No wonder Pyramid is considered the beer world’s wheat brew experts. Handcrafted with 60% malted wheat (10% more than Bavarian tradition calls for), our award-winning Hefeweizen is unsurpassed in quality and exceptionally smooth and refreshing.

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Rochefort 10° (Blue Cap)

Product  - Rochefort 10
Brewed By: 
Rochefort
Self-Defined Style: 
Trappist Ale
Strength (ABV): 
11.3% ABV

Dark brown color. Great strength balanced by a complexity of flavors and firm malt backbone. The bouquet covers a wide range: port wine, leather, apricots, oak, spices - a deeply intriguing beverage.

Best With: 
Lamb shanks with juniper berries, wild chanterelle mushrooms, truffles, or dishes with intensely reduced sauces. Serve in the traditional stemmed Rochefort goblet.
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Rogue Double Chocolate Stout

Rogue Double Chocolate Stout
Brewed By: 
Rogue
Self-Defined Style: 
Double Chocolate Stout

A mammoth version of Rogue’s classic American Stout.

Best With: 
The roasted and burnt malt notes of stout and its typical hearty nature make it an exceptional compliment to raw or steamed oysters, however stout is also at home with most chocolate or cream based desserts.
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Rogue John John Dead Guy Ale

Product - Rogue John John Dead Guy Ale
Brewed By: 
Rogue
Self-Defined Style: 
German Maibock
Strength (ABV): 
6.5% ABV
Color (SRM): 
16º L
Bitterness (IBU): 
40 IBU

Dead Guy Ale aged in Dead Guy Whiskey barrels.

Best With: 
Pork, Hot & Spicy
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Russian River Pliny the Elder

Product - Russian River Pliny the Elder
Brewed By: 
Russian River
Self-Defined Style: 
Double IPA
Strength (ABV): 
8.0% ABV

Pliny the Elder was a Roman naturalist, scholar, historian, traveler, officer, and writer. Although not considered his most important work, Pliny and his contemporaries created the botanical name for hops, "Lupus salictarius", meaning wolf among scrubs." Hops at that time grew wild among willows, much like a wolf in the forest. Later the current botanical name, Humulus lupulus, was adopted. Pliny died in 79 AD while observing the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

Awards: 
Gold Medal, 2006 World Beer Cup (Double IPA Category)
Gold Medal, 2005 GABF (Double IPA Category)
Bronze Medal, 2004 GABF (Double IPA Category)
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Saison Dupont

Product - Dupont Saison
Brewed By: 
Dupont
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian Farmhouse Ale / Saison
Strength (ABV): 
6.5% ABV

The classic example of the Saison Style. A pleasing pale straw-color with a dense, creamy head. The nose is estery with citrus and spice notes. Full-bodied and malty, it sparkles on the palate and finishes with a zesty hop and citrus attack.

Best With: 
This beer is a miracle with food. Enjoy it with salmon steaks, Thai food, spicy Mexican dishes, Vietnamese food, steaks, Cajun dishes, and well aged Gouda cheese. Great with barbecue or gumbos.
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Samuel Adams Infinium

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infinium
Brewed By: 
Samuel Adams
Self-Defined Style: 
Champagne-like beer
Strength (ABV): 
10.3% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
10 IBU

Our brewers worked for two years with the world’s oldest brewery, Germany’s Weihenstephan, to create this unique new beer style. A groundbreaking brew, made with only the four traditional ingredients: malted barley, hops, water and yeast, Infinium™ is a crisp champagne-like beer with fine bubbles and a fruity, spicy aroma. The crisp clean malt character and delicate fruit notes in this beer are complemented by a slight citrus flavor from dry hopping with Bavarian Noble hops. Bottle conditioning adds another layer of complexity and light spice notes.

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Shiner Bock

Product - Shiner Bock
Brewed By: 
Shiner
Self-Defined Style: 
Bock
Strength (ABV): 
4.4% ABV
Color (SRM): 
18º L
Bitterness (IBU): 
13 IBU

Bock reflects the tradition of genuine Bavarian beers as a brew only a craftsman like Kosmos Spoetzl, trained in the "Old Country," could bring to life. With its deep amber color, distinctive rich flavor and full body, Shiner Bock demonstrates the care of a handcrafted brewing process to bring forth a mellow taste free of the bitter aftertaste found in many micro, specialty and imported beers. Just think of it as Shiner smooth.

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Sierra Nevada 30th Anniversary Charlie, Fred & Kens Bock

Product - Sierra Nevada 30th Anniversary Charlie, Fred & Kens Bock
Brewed By: 
Sierra Nevada
Self-Defined Style: 
Imperial Helles Bock
Strength (ABV): 
8.3% ABV

Charlie Papazian and Fred Eckhart are the men who launched a thousand breweries. Their writing on the art of homebrewing and steadfast promotion of beer culture helped propel the craft brewing movement. Charlie and Fred agreed to work with us on this special ale in honor of our 30th anniversary. This Imperial Helles Bock is a testament to the ever-evolving brewer’s art. Bold yet balanced with distinct toasted malt character, moderate sweetness and clean and floral hops.

Best With: 
Bock beers tend to be quite strong, yet they retain the characteristic clean, straightforward malt character of lagers that lends to heartier meats such as roasted or grilled pork tenderloin, venison, kangaroo steak, or wild boar.
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Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Ale

Product - Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barleywine
Brewed By: 
Sierra Nevada
Self-Defined Style: 
Barley Wine
Strength (ABV): 
9.6% ABV

This year marks the 25th release of Bigfoot®. Our award-winning barleywine boasts a dense, fruity bouquet, an intense flavor palate and a deep reddish-brown color. Its big maltiness is superbly balanced by a wonderfully bittersweet hoppiness.

“…Bigfoot® captures the imagination, and its character is as big as the name implies, with a huge hoppiness in its earthy aroma, a chewy palate, and a great depth of flavor.”

– Michael Jackson,
Michael Jackson’s Beer Companion

GOLD MEDAL WINNER
California State Fair (Strong Ale/Barleywine: 2005, 2000, 1997)

Best With: 
Intense, malty, and bittersweet, Bigfoot is wonderful served with dessert. Aromatic notes from the dry-hopping process pair well with chocolate mousse and raspberries or a good-quality cheesecake. If you prefer a more savory taste, try an assortment of sharp aged cheeses, served with fresh fruits like apples, pears, and grapes, which will offer a contrast that will bring all of the flavors together.
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Sierra Nevada Dogfish Head Life & Limb

Sierra Nevada Dogfish Head Life and Limb
Brewed By: 
Sierra Nevada
Self-Defined Style: 
Ale brewed with Maple Syrup and Birch Syrup
Strength (ABV): 
10.0% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
50 IBU

Life & Limb is a 10% ABV strong beer that defies style characteristics-brewed with pure maple syrup from the Calagione family farm in Massachusetts and estate barley grown on the Grossman "farm" at the brewery in Chico. The beer is alive with yeast-a blend of both breweries' house strains-bottle conditioned for added complexity and shelf life, and naturally carbonated with birch syrup fresh from Alaska; it is the first beer we know of ever to use birch syrup in the brew. If stored under good conditions, this rich, full-bodied beer should age well for years.

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Sierra Nevada Glissade Golden Bock

Product - Sierra Nevada Glissade Golden Bock
Brewed By: 
Sierra Nevada
Self-Defined Style: 
Golden Bock
Strength (ABV): 
6.4% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
42 IBU

As winter begins its slide toward the sunny days of spring, we bring you Glissade Golden Bock to help you enjoy the ride. Glissade is a remarkably mellow take on the traditional spring bock. With restrained sweetness, we emphasize subtle malt flavor, balanced against delicate aromas of spicy and floral European hops. This complex balance helps Glissade slide across the palate—bracing us against the last cold nights of winter, while its bright golden color turns our thoughts toward spring.

Best With: 
Bock beers tend to be quite strong, yet they retain the characteristic clean, straightforward malt character of lagers that lends to heartier meats such as roasted or grilled pork tenderloin, venison, kangaroo steak, or wild boar.
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Sierra Nevada Ovila Saison

Product - Sierra Nevada Ovila Saison
Brewed By: 
Sierra Nevada
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian Style Saison
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Smuttynose Gravitation

Product - Smuttynose Gravitation
Brewed By: 
Smuttynose
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian Quad
Strength (ABV): 
6.6% ABV

This strong dark ale is brewed using a variety of Belgian specialty malts along with 200 pounds of raisin puree per batch. The resulting flavor is a viscous mix of dark fruit, rum, toffee and raisins balanced with aromatic fruitiness of the Belgian yeast. This beer has a starting gravity of 23 degrees Plato.

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Smuttynose Homunculus

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Brewed By: 
Smuttynose
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian-Style Golden Ale
Strength (ABV): 
9.9% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
45 IBU

Homunculus, the newest addition to the Big Beer Series portfolio, is also the first beer to move up from our single-batch, draft-only Short Batch Series. Inspired by “Houblon Chouffe” from Belgium’s Brasserie d’Achouffe, our beer was first brewed in 2007 and was called “The Gnome.” This was a great name for an individual, draft-only release. Once the decision was made to scale-up to a Big Beer size, we decided to change the name in respect of Achouffe’s branding and image.

Best With: 
Homunculus should pair well with a wide range of dishes. Its juicy fruit character will accentuate earthy foods like terrines and pâtés, sausages or hearty stews. Homunculus also has enough acidity to stand up to white, creamy pasta sauces and grilled salmon. For cheese courses, we suggest nearly any choice except blue cheeses.
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Smuttynose Old Brown Dog Ale

Product - Smuttynose Old Brown Dog
Brewed By: 
Smuttynose
Self-Defined Style: 
American Brown Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.9% ABV
Color (SRM): 
30º L
Bitterness (IBU): 
15 IBU

Old Brown Dog has been cited as a classic example of the "American Brown Ale" style of beer. Compared to a typical English Brown Ale, Old Brown Dog is fuller-bodied and more strongly hopped.

Best With: 
This brown ale works exceptionally well with steak, cured meats, barbecue, game and cheese.
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Smuttynose S'muttonator Doppelbock

Product - Smuttynose S'muttonator Doppelbock
Brewed By: 
Smuttynose
Self-Defined Style: 
Doppelbock
Strength (ABV): 
9.0% ABV

As the name implies, a doppelbock (double bock) is an extra strong, very malty German lager beer. Typically quite sweet with some roasted malt undertones, doppelbocks range in color from deep amber to nearly black and are normally associated with the winter season. Traditionally, German brewers have used the suffix "-ator" in naming their doppelbock beers; we have, too.

Best With: 
This doppelbock is a great choice with pastries and desserts, roast goose, cured ham, smoked duck, wild turkey, filet with Dijon sauce, Chateaubriand.
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Smuttynose Wheat Wine

Product - Smuttynose Wheat Wine
Brewed By: 
Smuttynose
Self-Defined Style: 
Wheat Wine
Strength (ABV): 
11.0% ABV
Best With: 
This intensely rich wheat beer would make a suitable accompaniment to bread pudding, and can also be served on its own as a digestif.
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Southern Tier 2xipa

Product - Southern Tier 2xipa
Brewed By: 
Southern Tier
Self-Defined Style: 
Double India Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
8.2% ABV

Not quite an imperial, but certainly not a standard India pale ale. Our double IPA is a hop lovers dream. Citrusy and clean with an incredible finish.

Best With: 
With a bold emphasis on hop bitterness, India pale ales are the ultimate beverage pairing for spicy dishes. The sharp hop presence in most India pale ales can stand up to even the most devilish of spices in Cajun, Malaysian, Japanese, Indian, and Mexican cuisine.
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Southern Tier Crème Brûlée

Product - Southern Tier Crème Brûlée
Brewed By: 
Southern Tier
Self-Defined Style: 
a stout of great contention
Strength (ABV): 
10.0% ABV
Color (SRM): 
44º L

We are not the harbingers of truth as some may suggest but it may indeed be argued that our brewing philosophy is tantamount to a dessert with a bellicose past. How, you may ask, would a brewery determine a likeness to hard-coated custard? Our response is simple; it’s all in the power of history, and of course, the extra finesse needed to top off a contentious treat with definition.

Best With: 
The perfect pairing for rich, creamy desserts.
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Southern Tier Gemini

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Product - Southern Tier Gemini
Brewed By: 
Southern Tier
Self-Defined Style: 
Imperial Blended Ale
Strength (ABV): 
9.0% ABV
Color (SRM): 
13º L

High in the winter sky, two parallel stick figures are visible & known as “the twins,” or the constellation Gemini. The astronauts of the 1960s flew as teams of two in a program named after the celestial pairing. At Southern Tier, we have our own fraternal twins, Hoppe & Unearthly. Blended together & placed in this vessel, the mission of our Gemini is to travel high & take passengers on a journey far into the heavens.

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Southern Tier Harvest

Product - Southern Tier Harvest
Brewed By: 
Southern Tier
Self-Defined Style: 
Extra Special Hoppy Bitter
Strength (ABV): 
5.7% ABV

Deep rich copper color with an intense hop flavor...in fact, we throw fresh English hops into every brewing vessel, then dry hop after fermentation to impart a zesty kick. This beer has real hop character that mingles with fresh malted barley for and experience that will make you wish it were fall year 'round.

Best With: 
This clean bitter can be used as a digestif or with game style meats like boar, veal or even a hearty steak. With its caramel notes this strong ale pairs with chocolates and sharp cheeses, as well as traditional bar foods.
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Southern Tier Krampus

Product - Southern Tier Krampus
Brewed By: 
Southern Tier
Self-Defined Style: 
Imperial Helles Lager
Strength (ABV): 
9.0% ABV

St. Nicholas, aka Santa Claus, is a magical figure, the bringer of gifts and an icon of holiday spirit. Forgotten by most is his evil side kick and enforcer of ‘the list’. European tradition says while St. Nick is busy delivering presents to good little boys and girls, Krampus hands out punishments to the bad. A fanged, goat-horned bully, the Christmas Devil uses sticks and chains to beat the naughty children. Dark malts and aromatic hops create the diabolical spirit of this brew. It is finished with lager yeast and aged cold for no less than 30 days.

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Southern Tier Oak Aged Unearthly Imperial IPA

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Brewed By: 
Southern Tier
Self-Defined Style: 
Imperial IPA
Strength (ABV): 
9.9% ABV
Color (SRM): 
20º L

“an uninhibited infusion of hops & oak”

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Southern Tier Pumking

Product - Southern Tier Pumking
Brewed By: 
Southern Tier
Self-Defined Style: 
Imperial Pumpkin Beer
Strength (ABV): 
9.0% ABV
Color (SRM): 
6º L

Pumking is an ode to Púca, a creature of Celtic folklore, who is both feared and respected by those who believe in it. Púca is said to waylay travelers throughout the night, tossing them on its back, and providing them the ride of their lives, from whichthey return forever changed! Brewed in the spirit of All Hallows Eve, a time of year when spirits can make contact with the physical world and when magic is most potent. Pour Pumking into a goblet and allow it’s alluring spirit to overflow.